William Whewell
Problems of Induction vs. Problems of Rationality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8397487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Wettersten (University of Mannheim, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 716-742 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/45.2.716 |
| OpenAlex | W2046316711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
The question whether attempts to vindicate induction should be abandoned in favor of (other) problems of rationality is pressing and difficult. How may we decide rationally when standards for rationality are at issue? It may be useful to first know how we have decided in the past. Whewell's philosophy of science and the reaction to it are discussed. Whewell's contemporaries mistakenly thought that only an inductivist research program could produce an adequate theory of rationality. But this very move violated their own standards of rationality. We should now avoid making the same mistake again. We should return to Whewell's rejected proposal to make the philosophy of science historical and seek thereby to improve rational practice.
Ecological rationality · Economics · Epistemology · Mistake · Philosophy of science · Political science · Positive economics · Principle of rationality · Rationality · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2018 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |