Reforming Philosophy: A Victorian Debate on Science and Society

Laura J. Snyder

Reforming Philosophy: A Victorian Debate on Science and Society
Format
Hardback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Country
United States
Published
8 August 2006
Pages
386
ISBN
9780226767338

Reforming Philosophy: A Victorian Debate on Science and Society

Laura J. Snyder

A philosophically and historically sensitive account of the engagement of the major protagonists of Victorian British philosophy, Reforming Philosophy considers the controversies between William Whewell and John Stuart Mill on the topics of science, morality, politics, and economics. By situating their debate within the larger context of Victorian society and its concerns, Laura J. Snyder shows how two very different men - Whewell, an educator, Anglican priest, and critic of science; and Mill, a philosopher, political economist, and parliamentarian - reacted to the challenges of their times, each seeking to reform science as a means of reforming society as a whole. The first book-length examination of the dispute between Mill and Whewell in its entirety, Reforming Philosophy provides a rich and nuanced understanding of the intellectual spirit of Victorian Britain and will be welcomed by philosophers and historians of science, scholars of Victorian studies, and students of the history of philosophy and political economy.

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