%0 Journal Article %J Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A %D 2010 %T Whewell's tidal researches: scientific practice and philosophical methodology %A Ducheyne, Steffen %X

Primarily between 1833 and 1840, William Whewell attempted to accomplish what natural philosophers and scientists since at least Galileo had failed to do: to provide a systematic and broad-ranged study of the tides and to attempt to establish a general scientific theory of tidal phenomena. I document the close interaction between Whewell’s philosophy of science (especially his methodological views) and his scientific practice as a tidologist. I claim that the intertwinement between Whewell’s methodology and his tidology is more fundamental than has hitherto been documented.

%B Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A %V 41 %P 26–40 %G eng %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2009.12.011 %R 10.1016/j.shpsa.2009.12.011