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The Great Tide Experiment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oTPkXzF1Q Cloud, The Crowd & The. “William Whewell's ‘Great Tide Experiment’ of 1835 - an Early Crowdsourcing Experiment.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oTPkXzF1Q. -
1840. Systemized the sciences.
William created a guide in 1840 called The Philosophy of the Inductive sciences, founded upon their history. In this guide he goes into great detail on just about everything that has to do with science. He touches on all the definitions, the names, the language used, literally everything. He does so from what seems to be a non-bias, inductive position. Whewell, William. The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. Johnson Reprint Corp., 1967.
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History of Moral Philosophy In England.1852
In Williams book the History of Moral Philosophy in England, he looks at Philosophers such as Locke, Hall and Hobbes from England and discusses how right they were and in what way they contributed to moral speculation in England. William also touches on the irony of him writing this. Whewell, William. Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England. John W Parker & Son, West Strand, John W Parker & Son, West Strand, London, 1852. ProQuest. 23 Mar. 2019 . -
Classic use of Induction.
William made the argument in The Plurality of Worlds, and the Modern Solar System that beings cannot exist on other planets not because of religion but because of the inverse square laws of gravity, heat radiation and light. Proving earth is the only habitable environment with an inductive argument. Whewell, William. Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay. 1854, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511692734. -
Confirmation. Reminds me of Kuhn.
Kuhn had five, Whewell has three. William says once a theory is invented by discovers' induction, it must pass a variety of tests before it can be considered as an empirical truth. These tests are prediction, consilience, and coherence. Snyder, Laura J. “William Whewell.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 22 Sept. 2017, plato.stanford.edu/entries/whewell/#SciCon. -
William Whewell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0JzhTdtMG0 WikiAudio. “William Whewell.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Jan. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0JzhTdtMG0.