Principles of Science

The philosophy of science as it is known today emerged out of a combination of three traditional concerns: the classification of the sciences, methodology and the philosophy of nature. Included in the series "Works in the Philosophy of Science 1830-1914" are all three of these interrelated areas. The titles should be of interest to both the philosopher of science and to the historian of ideas. The former will be able to trace present-day concerns back to their origins; the latter should find it a useful source for the study of Victorian conceptions of science. In his "Principles", William Stanley Jevons sought to establish the importance and value of the logical methods of George Boole and the applicability of such statistical methods in all branches of scientific enquiry.