Was Whewell an Inductivist?

Maurice A. Finocchiaro

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Was Whewell an Inductivist?

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Pages:: 341–356

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004359246_016

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The question of Whewell’s inductivism is clarified by distinguishing several aspects of his work and several meanings of the concept. I focus on the question whether his historical account of the Copernican Revolution is inductivist in the empiricist sense and in Agassi’s sense of evaluative moralism. My analysis shows that his historical interpretations are not empiricist but that they are not really apriorist either, and that his explanationism is a way of combining observation and theory. I also show that his historical interpretations exhibit a subtle awareness of the interaction between truth and error.

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Whewell's Critics

Have They Prevented Him from Doing Good?

Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 85 and Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Online, Volume: 85

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004359246

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2004

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  - 19th & 20th Century Philosophy
  - Philosophy of Science

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