William Whewell

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Scientist
gptkb:historians
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award Royal Society Fellow
gptkbp:birth_date 1794-05-24
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Lancaster,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Whewell_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:education_reform
philosophy of mathematics
development of the scientific method
gptkbp:death_date 1866-03-06
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:field gptkb:science
gptkb:philosophy
history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Whewell
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkb:Alfred_North_Whitehead
gptkb:William_James
gptkb:Karl_Popper
gptkb:Thomas_Kuhn
gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:philosophy_of_science
history of science
coining the term 'scientist'
gptkbp:notable_feature gptkb:Public_School
gptkb:moral_philosophy
inductive reasoning
philosophy of language
philosophy of history
philosophy of religion
theory of knowledge
philosophy of logic
philosophy of art
scientific classification
philosophy of nature
scientific explanation
social philosophy
philosophy of ethics
philosophy of law
philosophy of economics
philosophy of technology
philosophy of aesthetics
philosophy of culture
philosophy of science education
philosophy of politics
philosophy of social science
philosophy of mathematics education
philosophy of education reform
philosophy of scientific practice
gptkbp:notable_work History of the Inductive Sciences
The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences
The History of Scientific Ideas
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Academic
gptkb:Author
gptkbp:spouse Mary Hutton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
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gptkb:the_British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
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