The Master of Trinity, who coined the word scientist, examines the fundamental ideas the mind brings to nature, among them space, time, number, cause, force, polarity and chemical affinity, and traces how each was clarified in the history of geometry, mechanics, physics, chemistry and biology. It forms the first part of his Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences.
A landmark of Victorian philosophy of science, which shaped debates with John Stuart Mill. Download the free EPUB.