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William Whewell created the term scientist. Before, he coined the term, scientist use to be called "cultivators of science" . His thought was to find a word that would allow a person to express or refer to all the fields of science. William Whewell personally related because he wrote extensively on theology, mineralogy, philosophy of science, astronomy and more. Whewell also coined the terms "anode", "cathode" and "ion" for Michael Faraday.
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Whewell states knowledge has both an ideal dimension, along with an objective dimension. This called this idea fundamental antithesis He believed that gaining knowledge requires attention to both ideal, empirical and sensation elements. Whewell rejected Kant's claim that we only have knowledge for our "categorized experience". His fundamental Ideas allow an accurate representation of objective features of the world, independent of the processes of mind.
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The confirmation of truth is a part of Whewell's work that claims empirical science can reach necessary truths. "Necessary truths are truths which can be known a priori; they can be known in this way because they are necessary consequences of ideas which are a priori." Whewell basically describes that fact that some truths are necessary in order for us to find the truth in the result.
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One contribution Whewell made was his theory of Confirmation. Whewell's view is that once a theory has been invented it must pass tests before is can be considered true. He makes a historical claim that "new evidence" is more valuable than "old evidence".