Butts on Whewell's view of true causes

Philosophy of Science 40 (1):121-124 (1973)
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The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon their History.William Whewell - 2016 - Epistemology and Philosophy of Science 47 (1):205-225.
Necessary Truth in Whewell's Theory of Science.Robert E. Butts - 1965 - American Philosophical Quarterly 2 (3):161 - 181.
Professor Marcucci on Whewell's idealism.Robert E. Butts - 1967 - Philosophy of Science 34 (2):175-183.
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VII. Whewell on Newton's Rules of Philosophizing.Robert E. Butts - 1971 - In John W. Davis & Robert E. Butts (eds.), The Methodological Heritage of Newton. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 132-149.

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