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William Whewell
Whewell resurrected the importance of inductive reasoning as it pertains to science and philosophy. (Britannica) Whewell developed his philosophy of science by combining his study of the history of science and actually conducting science. Additionally, Whewell stressed the importance of coherence with respect to determining the correctness of a hypothesis, As more and more observations prove a hypothesis to be true, the hypothesis gains coherence. (Snyder) -
Coined Words used extensively today
Whewell coined the terms "anode," "cathode," and "ion" for contemporary scientist Michael Faraday. (van Wyhe) Additionally, "[i]n response to S.T. Coleridge in 1833, Whewell invented the English word 'scientist;' before this time the only terms in use were 'natural philosopher' and 'man of science'" (Snyder) -
Crowdsourcing Tide Observation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oTPkXzF1Q. Initiated a crowdsourcing event observing the ebb and flow of the tides. Whewell was able to "[c]oordinate 650 volunteers in nine countries to observe the tide every 15 minutes every day for two weeks collecting over 1 million datapoints." (Abdalati, 2017) -
History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time, 3 volumes.
One of William Whewell's most famous works detaining the development of the physical sciences from the times of the Greeks to the early 1800's. Developed and explained his philosophy of science. -
The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History (1840)
Published by Cambridge University Press in 1840. -
The Elements of Morality, Including Polity (1845)
Whewell, WIlliam, The Elements of Morality, Including Polity., J.W. Parker, London, Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/elementsofmorali01whewuoft on May 17, 2021. -
Lectures on Systematic Morality (1846)
Whewell, WIlliam, Lectures on Systematic Morality, J.W. Parker, London, Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/lecturesonsyste01whewgoog on May 17, 2021. -
History of Scientific Ideas
Whewell, WIlliam, History of Scientific Ideas, 3rd ed., J.W. Parker, London, Retrieved from https://openlibrary.org/works/OL75560W/History_of_scientific_ideas on May 17, 2021. -
Novum Organon Renovatum
Whewell, WIlliam, Novum Organon Renovatum, J.W. Parker, London, Retrieved from https://openlibrary.org/works/OL75560W/History_of_scientific_ideas on May 17, 2021.
Part two of the History of Science 3 volumes.
Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/novumorganonren02whewgoog on May 17, 2021. -
On the Philosophy of Discovery
Whewell, WIlliam, Novum Organon Renovatum, J.W. Parker, London, Retrieved from https://openlibrary.org/works/OL75560W/History_of_scientific_ideas on May 17, 2021.
Part two of the History of Science 3 volumes.
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Citation 3
Snyder, Laura J., “William Whewell”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu 2017, Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/whewell/ on May 17, 2021. Van Wyhe, John, “William Whewell (1794-1866) gentleman of science”, Victorianweb.org, May 01, 2008, Retrieved from https://victorianweb.org/science/whewell.html on May 17, 2021. -
Citation 2
Cambridge University Press, “History of the Inductive Sciences From the Earliest to the Present Times”, Cambridge.org, 2021, Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-the-inductive-sciences/C0E5D0B8201FF9FC0B8B4E9C9CE060C4#fndtn-information on May 21, 2021. -
Citation 1
Abdalati, Waleed, “William Whewell’s “Great Tide Experiment” of 1835 – an early crowdsourcing experiment”, Youtube, uploaded by The Crowd & The Cloud, March 23 2017, Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oTPkXzF1Q on May 17, 2021. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "William Whewell". Encyclopedia Britannica, Invalid Date, https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Whewell. Accessed 17 May 2021.