The War on Induction: Whewell Takes On Newton and Mill (Norton Takes On Everyone).
I consider and reject William Whewell's attack on the inductivism of Isaac Newton and John Stuart Mill, as well as John Norton's attack on any universal system of inductive rules. I also explain how a system of inductive rules of the sort proposed by Newton and Mill should be understood.
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 728 - 740 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge University Press
Dec2010
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | I consider and reject William Whewell's attack on the inductivism of Isaac Newton and John Stuart Mill, as well as John Norton's attack on any universal system of inductive rules. I also explain how a system of inductive rules of the sort proposed by Newton and Mill should be understood. |
|---|