Frases de William Whewell

William Whewell . Teólogo, filósofo y científico británico. Es conocido por emplear el término "científico" en vez de "filósofo natural".[1]​ Wikipedia  

✵ 24. mayo 1794 – 6. marzo 1866
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“It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.”

Aphorism 39.
Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840)

“In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.”

Aphorism 25.
Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840)

“And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight.”

Elementary Treatise on Mechanics, The Equilibrium of Forces on a Point (1819).

“The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.”

Aphorism 36.
Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840)

“Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.”

Aphorism 17.
Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840)