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History of Scientific Ideas

by William Whewell

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  1. 1Preface to This Edition
  2. 2Book i — Of Ideas in General
  3. 3Chapter I — Of the Fundamental Antithesis of Philosophy
  4. 4Chapter II — Of Technical Terms
  5. 5Chapter III — Of Necessary Truths
  6. 6Chapter IV — Of Experience
  7. 7Chapter V — Of the Grounds of Necessary Truths
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Fundamental Ideas Are Not Derived From Experience
  9. 9Chapter VII — Of the Philosophy of the Sciences
  10. 10Book ii — The Philosophy of the Pure Sciences
  11. 11Chapter I — Of the Pure Sciences
  12. 12Chapter II — Of the Idea of Space
  13. 13Chapter III — Of Some Peculiarities of the Idea of Space
  14. 14Chapter IV — Of the Definitions and Axioms Which Relate to Space
  15. 15Chapter V
  16. 16Chapter VI — Of the Perception of Space
  17. 17Chapter VII — Of the Idea of Time
  18. 18Chapter VIII — Of Some Peculiarities of the Idea of Time
  19. 19Chapter IX — Of the Axioms Which Relate to Number
  20. 20Chapter X — Of the Perception of Time and Number
  21. 21Chapter XI — Of Mathematical Reasoning
  22. 22Chapter XII — Of the Foundations of the Higher Mathematics
  23. 23Chapter XIII — The Doctrine of Motion
  24. 24Chapter XIV — Of the Application of Mathematics to the Inductive Sc…
  25. 25Book iii — The Philosophy of the Mechanical Sciences
  26. 26Chapter I — Of the Mechanical Sciences
  27. 27Chapter II — Of the Idea of Cause
  28. 28Chapter III — Modern Opinions Respecting the Idea of Cause
  29. 29Chapter IV — Of the Axioms Which Relate to the Idea of Cause
  30. 30Chapter V — Of the Origin of Our Conceptions of Force and Matter
  31. 31Chapter VI — Of the Establishment of the Principles of Statics
  32. 32Chapter VII — Of the Establishment of the Principles of Dynamics
  33. 33Chapter VIII — Of the Paradox of Universal Propositions Obtained Fr…
  34. 34Chapter IX — Of the Establishment of the Law of Universal Gravitation
  35. 35Chapter X — Of the General Diffusion of Clear Mechanical Ideas
  36. 36Book iv — The Philosophy of the Secondary Mechanical Sciences
  37. 37Chapter I — Of the Idea of a Medium as Commonly Employed
  38. 38Chapter II — On Peculiarities in the Perceptions of the Different S…
  39. 39Chapter III — Successive Attempts at the Scientific Application of…
  40. 40Chapter IV — Of the Measure of Secondary Qualities
  41. 41Book V — The Philosophy of the Mechanico-Chemical Sciences
  42. 42Chapter I — Attempts at the Scientific Application of the Idea of P…
  43. 43Chapter II — Of the Connexion of Polarities
  44. 44Book VI — The Philosophy of Chemistry
  45. 45Chapter I — Attempts to Conceive Elementary Composition
  46. 46Chapter II — Establishment and Development of the Idea of Chemical…
  47. 47Chapter III — Of the Idea of Substance
  48. 48Chapter III
  49. 49Chapter IV — Application of the Idea of Substance in Chemistry
  50. 50Chapter V — The Atomic Theory
  51. 51Book VII — The Philosophy of Morphology, Including Crystallography
  52. 52Chapter I — Explication of the Idea of Symmetry
  53. 53Chapter II — Application of the Idea of Symmetry to Crystals
  54. 54Chapter III — Speculations Founded Upon the Symmetry of Crystals
  55. 55Book VIII — The Philosophy of the Classificatory Sciences
  56. 56Chapter I — The Idea of Likeness as Governing the Use of Common Names
  57. 57Chapter II — The Methods of Natural History, as Regulated by the Id…
  58. 58Chapter III — Application of the Natural History Method to Mineralogy
  59. 59Chapter IV — Of the Idea of Natural Affinity
  60. 60Book ix — The Philosophy of Biology
  61. 61Chapter I — Analogy of Biology With Other Sciences
  62. 62Chapter II — Successive Biological Hypotheses
  63. 63Chapter III — Attempts to Analyse the Idea of Life
  64. 64Chapter IV — Attempts to Form Ideas of Separate Vital Forces, and F…
  65. 65Chapter V — Attempts to Form Ideas of Separate Vital Forces, Contin…
  66. 66Chapter VI — Of the Idea of Final Causes
  67. 67Book x — The Philosophy of Palætiology
  68. 68Chapter I — Of Palætiological Sciences in General
  69. 69Chapter II — Of the Three Members of a Palætiological Science
  70. 70Chapter III — Of the Doctrine of Catastrophes and the Doctrine of U…
  71. 71Chapter IV — Of the Relation of Tradition to Palætiology
  72. 72Chapter V — Of the Conception of a First Cause

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