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William Whewell's Profile

Brief about William Whewell: By info that we know William Whewell was born at 1970-01-01. And also William Whewell is English Philosopher.

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Every failure is a step to success.

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We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.

Tags: Cannot, Thought, Thoughts

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

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Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.

Tags: Experience, Ideas, Mind

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.

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The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.

Tags: Class, Facts, System
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