William Whewell

William Whewell (24 Mei 1794 – 6 Maret 1866) adalah seorang polimatik, imam Anglikan, filsuf, teolog dan sejarawan sains asal Inggris. Ia mempengaruhi ilmuwan-ilmuwan lainnya pada masanya: John Herschel, Charles Darwin^[1], Charles Lyell dan Michael Faraday. Ia menciptakan banyak istilah yang masih digunakan hingga saat ini, seperti ilmuwan (pada 1837).

Karya

(1830) Architectural Notes on German Churches: With Remarks on the Origin of Gothic Architecture. Cambridge: J. & J.J. Deighton. 1830. New edition 1835. Third edition 1842.
(1831) "Review of J. Herschel's Preliminary discourse on the study of Natural Philosophy". The Quarterly Review. 45 (90): 374–407. July 1831.
(1833) Astronomy and general physics considered with reference to Natural Theology (Bridgewater Treatise). Cambridge.
(1836) Elementary Treatise on Mechanics, 5th edition, first edition 1819.
(1837) History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. 3 vols, London. Volume 1, volume 2, volume 3. 2nd ed 1847 (2 vols). 3rd ed 1857 (2 vols). 1st German ed 1840–41.
(1837) On the Principles of English University Education. London, 1837.^[2]
(1840) The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their history. 2 vols, London. 2nd ed 1847. Volume 1. Volume 2.
(1845) The Elements of Morality, including polity. 2 vols, London. Volume 1 Volume 2.
(1846) Lectures on systematic Morality. London.
(1849) Of Induction, with especial reference to Mr. J. Stuart Mill's System of Logic. London.
(1850) Mathematical exposition of some doctrines of political economy: a second memoir. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 9:128–49.
(1852) Lectures on the history of Moral Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(1853) Hugonis Grotii de jure belli et pacis libri tres : accompanied by an abridged translation by William Whewell, London: John W. Parker, volume 1, volume 2, volume 3.
(1853) Of the Plurality of Worlds. London.
(1857) Spedding's complete edition of the works of Bacon. Edinburgh Review 106:287–322.
(1858a) The history of scientific ideas. 2 vols, London.
(1858b) Novum Organon renovatum, London.
(1860a) On the philosophy of discovery: chapters historical and critical. London.
(1861) Plato's Republic (translation). Cambridge.
(1862) Six Lectures on Political Economy, Cambridge.
(1862) Additional Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy, Cambridge.
(1866) Comte and Positivism. Macmillan's Magazine 13:353–62.

Referensi

^ Ruse M. 1975. Darwin's debt to philosophy: an examination of the influence of the philosophical ideas of John F.W. Herschel and William Whewell on the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 6: 159–181.
^ "Review of On the Principles of English University Education by William Whewell". The Quarterly Review. 59: 439–483. October 1837.

[1] Ruse M. 1975. Darwin's debt to philosophy: an examination of the influence of the philosophical ideas of John F.W. Herschel and William Whewell on the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 6: 159–181.

[2] "Review of On the Principles of English University Education by William Whewell". The Quarterly Review. 59: 439–483. October 1837.

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