Original sentence: Stove's thesis the Modernists such as Popper rejected Whewell is challenged when one considers Peter Medawar's essay on Popper in Schilpp's The Philosophy of Karl Popper: Whewell is identified as a precursor to Popper; and indeed - anticipates many of his ideas as Popper acknowledged in his reply to Medawar
Edited sentence: Indeed, that Whewell anticipates many of Popper's ideas is acknowledged by Popper himself in his reply to Medawar.Stove's thesis becomes ludicrous however, when one considers Peter Medawar's essay on Popper in Schilpp's The Philosophy of Karl Popper: Whewell is identified as a precursor to Popper; and Popper is shown to be a sympathetic elaboration of Whewell