William Whewell's philosophy of architecture and the historicization of biology

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-19

  Quinn, Aleta ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Gothic; Historical science; Palaetiological science; Systematics; Whewell

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; HISTORY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84969626081     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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