Whewell 1858 Philosophy of Science - Novum Organon Renovatum

Description: Whewell 1858 Philosophy of Science - Novum Organon Renovatum Novum Organon Renovatum by William Whewell Being the second part of the philosophy of the inductive sciences The Third Edition with large additions John W. Parker and Son, London 1858, Third edition, with large additions. Cloth hard covers with gilt spine titles and gilt illustration on the front, octavo, 370pp, folding chart. The original owner of the book, whose calling card is pasted onto the front pastedown, was Dr. Edmund Atkinson who was a professor of chemistry at the Royal Military College (Sandhurst) and a founder of the Physical Society. William Whewell (1794–1866) was one of the most important and influential figures in nineteenth-century Britain. Whewell, a polymath, wrote extensively on numerous subjects, including mechanics, mineralogy, geology, astronomy, political economy, theology, educational reform, international law, and architecture, as well as the works that remain the most well-known today in philosophy of science, history of science, and moral philosophy. He was one of the founding members and an early president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Royal Society, president of the Geological Society, and longtime Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his own time his influence was acknowledged by the major scientists of the day, such as John Herschel, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell and Michael Faraday, who frequently turned to Whewell for philosophical and scientific advice, and, interestingly, for terminological assistance. Whewell invented the terms “anode,” “cathode,” and “ion” for Faraday. Upon the request of the poet Coleridge in 1833 Whewell invented the English word “scientist;” before this time the only terms in use were “natural philosopher” and “man of science.” Whewell is most known today for his massive works on the history and philosophy of science. His philosophy of science was attacked by John Stuart Mill in his System of Logic, causing an interesting and fruitful debate between them over the nature of inductive reasoning in science, moral philosophy, and political economy. It is in the context of the debate over philosophy of science that Whewell's philosophy was rediscovered in the 20th century by critics of logical positivism. Whewell's first explicit, lengthy discussion of induction is found in his Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their History, which was originally published in 1840 (a second, enlarged edition appeared in 1847, and the third edition appeared as three separate works published between 1858 and 1860). He called his induction “Discoverers' Induction” and explained that it is used to discover both phenomenal and causal laws. Whewell considered himself to be a follower of Bacon, and claimed to be “renovating” Bacon's inductive method; thus one volume of the third edition of the Philosophy is entitled Novum Organon Renovatum. Whewell followed Bacon in rejecting the standard, overly-narrow notion of induction that holds induction to be merely simple enumeration of instances. Rather, Whewell explained that, in induction, “there is a New Element added to the combination [of instances] by the very act of thought by which they were combined” [Laura J. Snyder in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Condition: Covers have soiling, edgewear, darkened spine, bumped corners, patch repair of missing fabric at top of spine and closed horizontal tear at center of spine. Calling card of original owner glued to front pastedown. Light soiling on front endpaper. Age tanning of paper. Clean and intact contents. Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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