Pence, Charles H. (2010) Charles Darwin and Sir John F. W. Herschel: Nineteenth-Century Science and its Methodology. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In this essay, I review the relationship between Charles Darwin's methodology and the philosophy of science of Sir John F. W. Herschel. Darwin's exposure to Herschel's philosophy was, I argue, significant. Further, when we construct an appropriate reading of Herschel's philosophy of science (a surprisingly difficult feat), we can see that Darwin's three-part argument in the Origin is crafted in order to strictly adhere to Herschel's methodological guidelines.
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Keywords: | Charles Darwin; John F. W. Herschel; William Whewell; vera causa; analogy; consilience | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Depositing User: | Charles H. Pence | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2011 12:47 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2015 14:28 | ||||||
Item ID: | 8462 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Date: | October 2010 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8462 |
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