John WETTERSTEN

Whewell's Critics

Have They Prevented Him from Doing Good? Edited by James A. Bell

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Table of contents:
James A. BELL: Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Analytical Table of contents:
Introduction: Whewell's Image and Impact; Two Conflicting Tales

PART ONE: the building of Whewell's image
1. Immediate Rejection
2. Embarrassed Silence

PART TWO: WHEWELL'S IMPACT EMERGING
3. Disturbing Recollections Fail to Pass Away
4. The 20th Century Sneaks a Worried Look at Old Judgments

PART THREE: THE IMAGE REINSTATED. THE REALITY COVERED OVER
5. The Return to Old Misconceptions
6. Quixotic Attempts to Revive Mill's Program
7. The Reappraisal of Whewell's Place in the History of the Philosophy of Science Begins

PART FOUR: Whewell reappraised today
8. An Overview: Whewell's Philosophy in Retrospect
9. The Good that Whewell Can Still Do
References

COMMENTARIES
Michael SEGRE: Whewell's Legacy and the Art of Argumentation
Joseph AGASSI: The Case-Study and Its Import: Wettersten on Whewell
Ron CURTIS: The Theological Deduction
Maurice A. FINOCCHIARO: Was Whewell an Inductivist?
Godfrey GUILLAUMIN J., William Whewell's Idea of Historical Causation
William MARGOLIS: A Small Appreciation of William Whewell
REPLIES TO COMMENTARIES
John WETTERSTEN: Replies to Commentaries
Index

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789042016446
• ISBN-10: 9042016442
• Artikelnr.: 60377127