: Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy by Herschel John F W John Frederick William - Science History; Astronomy History; Science Philosophy; Physics History

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OF THE GENERAL NATURE AND ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES.

Of Man regarded as a Creature of Instinct, of Reason, and Speculation.--General Influence of Scientific Pursuits on the Mind. 1

Of abstract Science as a Preparation for the Study of Physics.-- A profound Acquaintance with it not indispensable for a clear Understanding of Physical Laws.--How a Conviction of their Truth may be obtained without it.--Instances.-- Further Division of the Subject. 18

Of the Nature and Objects, immediate and collateral, of Physical Science, as regarded in itself, and in its Application to the practical Purposes of Life, and its Influence on the Well-being and Progress of Society. 35

Of Experience as the Source of our Knowledge.--Of the Dismissal of Prejudices.--Of the Evidence of our Senses. 75

Of the Analysis of Phenomena. 85

Of the State of Physical Science in General, previous to the Age of Galileo and Bacon. 104

Of the Observation of Facts and the Collection of Instances. 118

Of the Classification of Natural Objects and Phenomena, and of Nomenclature. 135

Of the First Stage of Induction.--The Discovery of Proximate Causes, and Laws of the lowest Degree of Generality, and their Verification. 144

Of the higher Degrees of Inductive Generalization, and of the Formation and Verification of Theories. 190

OF THE SUBDIVISION OF PHYSICS INTO DISTINCT BRANCHES, AND THEIR MUTUAL RELATIONS.

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