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A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy

By: John F. W. Herschel

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Paperback | 15 May 1987 | Edition Number 1

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400 Pages

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Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects.

"Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science."—Keith Stewart Thomson, American Scientist

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Non-Fiction Science Science in General Philosophy of Science History of Science History Miscellaneous Items Philosophy

Of the General Nature and Advantage of the Study of the Physical Sciences
Of Man regarded as a Creature of Instinct, of Reason, and Speculation.—General Influence of Scientific Pursuits on the Mind
Of abstract Science as a Preparation for the Study of Physics.—A profound Acquaintance with it not indispensable for a clear Understanding of Physical Laws.—How a Conviction of their Truth may be obtained without it.—Instances.—Further Division of the Subject
Of the Nature and Objects, immediate and collateral, of Physical Science, as regarded in itself, and in its Application to the practical Purposes of Life, and its Influence on the Well-being and Progress of Society
Of the principles on which physical science relies for its successful prosecution, and the rules by which a systematic examination of nature should be conducted, with illustrations of their influence as exemplified in the history of its progress
Of Experience as the Source of our Knowledge.—Of the Dismissal of Prejudices.—Of the Evidence of our Senses
Of the Analysis of Phenomena
Of the State of Physical Science in General, previous to the Age of Galileo and Bacon
Of the Observation of Facts and the Collection of Instances
Of the Classification of Natural Objects and Phenomena, and of Nomenclature
Of the First Stage of Induction.—The Discovery of Proximate Causes, and Laws of the lowest Degree of Generality, and their Verification
Of the higher Degrees of Inductive Generalization, and of the Formation and Verification of Theories
Of the Subdivision of physics into distinct branches, and their mutual relations
Of the Phenomena of Force, and of the Constitution of Natural Bodies
Of the Communication of Motion through Bodies.—Of Sound and Light
Of Cosmical Phenomena
Of the Examination of the material Constituents of the World
Of the Imponderable Forms of Matter
Of the Causes of the actual rapid Advance of the Physical Sciences compared with their Progress at an earlier Period
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