Whewell's tidal researches: scientific practice and philosophical methodology
| Autor: | Ducheyne, S. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Popis: | Primarily between 1833 and 1840, William Whewell attempted to accomplish what natural philosophers and scientists since at least Galileo had failed to do: to provide a systematic and broad-ranged study of the tides and to attempt to establish a general scientific theory of tidal phenomena. I document the close interaction between Whewell's philosophy of science (especially his methodological views) and his scientific practice as a tidologist. I claim that the intertwinement between Whewell's methodology and his tidology is more fundamental than has hitherto been documented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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