In the Preface to the first edition of his A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, published in 1843, John Stuart Mill emphasized his indebtedness to certain authors who before him wrote on the topic of induction. Mill made a special mention of William Whewell, who had, besides providing studies in history of science that were crucial for Mill, frequently expressed “differences of opinion” about induction. Continue reading “To enrich science with a new general truth”: Mill and Whewell on induction