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The term "scientist" was just starting to become a thing in Babbage's time. "Philosopher" was used in a much broader sense than it is today.
by jhbadger 5y ago
The term "scientist" was just starting to become a thing in Babbage's time. "Philosopher" was used in a much broader sense than it is today.
- lou1306 5y agoIndeed, science was simply known as "natural philosophy", as in Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", i.e, the Principia.