Philosopher
William Whewell
Overview
English philosopher and historian of science (1794–1866)
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Philosophers who discussed William Whewell
- Francis Bacon
- Norwood Russell Hanson
- John Stuart Mill
- William Gilbert (physicist)
- Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
- Richard Price
- Henry Sidgwick
- Roger Bacon
- Lewis White Beck
- Charles Babbage
- John Grote
Ideas William Whewell discusses
- Empiricism
- Francis Bacon
- Geology
- Isaac Newton
- Immanuel Kant
- Neologism
- Intuition
- John Stuart Mill
- Johannes Kepler
- Justice
- Royal Medal
- Mathematics
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Moon
- Mechanics
- University
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Natural theology
- Linguistics
- Poetry
- Probability
- Physics
- Plato
Place in the tradition
Part of British philosophy.