title: The positive philosophy by William Whewell: Between inductivism and apriorism
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metadata.value: Kasavin, Ilya T.
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metadata.value: Nikiforov, Alexander L.
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metadata.value: 2018-12-21T14:05:20Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-12-21T14:05:20Z
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metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.value: Kasavin I. T., Nikiforov A. L. The positive philosophy by William Whewell: Between inductivism and apriorism. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2018, vol. 34, issue 4, pp. 501–514.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/spbu17.2018.404
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15190
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metadata.value: One can notice a certain deficiency of conceptual resources in contemporary epistemology
  and philosophy of science. The popularity of post-positivist philosophy is dropping; and the
  postmodern studies have difficulty adapting to the analysis of scientific knowledge. In this
  regard, an amplified interest in the forgotten figures of the 19 century arises. Among them,
  the personality of William Whewell attracts special attention — the Cambridge philosopher,
  scholar, scientist, theologian, priest, polymath, a major reformer of university education, and
  father-figure of the British philosophy of science. In the article, the authors define his place in
  the 19th century philosophy as well as in the context of current discussions. Historical reconstruction
  of his concept of method of scientific cognition shows that it is hardly reducible to
  ideas by D. Hume or I. Kant and simultaneously possesses the essentially original features in
  comparison with the known concepts of his time by O. Comte and J. S. Mill. A comparison of
  Whewell’s philosophy of science with the hypothetical-deductive method described by neopositivists
  or with Karl Popper’s falsificationism though grasps some similarities, still risks
  unwarranted modernization. His original method of synthesis of empiricism and rationalism
  in the understanding of scientific knowledge in fact lays the groundwork for a historically
  oriented philosophy of science long before the historical epistemology of the French school.
  Accessing the analysis of ideas of William Whewell and introducing them in philosophical
  turnover resurrects a unique cultural and intellectual context of formation of professional
  science in the Victorian era, contributes to the restoration of historical justice, leads to the
  revision of a number of historical and philosophical imprints, in particular, in assessing the
  positivism and analytic philosophy, and also provides up-to-date discussions in philosophy of
  science by the new empirical staff.
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metadata.value: The research has been performed within the grant of Russian Foundation for Basic Research
  № 17-03-00812-ОГН “The rise of philosophy of science. William Whewell, the communication circle and
  consequences for the 20th century”.
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 34; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: William Whewell
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Victorian philosophy of science
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: apriori
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: empiricism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: induction
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rationalism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ideas
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of science
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The positive philosophy by William Whewell: Between inductivism and apriorism
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metadata.value: Article
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