William Whewell Quotes on Knowledge
William Whewell was an English polymath, scientist, and philosopher and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge for more than two decades. This page collects quotes attributed to William Whewell on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to William Whewell:
“Science is the systematic colligation of facts under a general idea.”
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Attributed to William Whewell:
“Discoveries are made by induction, but justified by deduction.”
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Attributed to William Whewell:
“We must always make the best use we can of our limited knowledge.”
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Attributed to William Whewell:
“A consilience of inductions takes place when an induction obtained from one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class.”