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Poincaré, Philosopher of ScienceThe Third Way Epistemology: A Re-characterization of Poincaré’s Conventionalism

Poincaré, Philosopher of Science: The Third Way Epistemology: A Re-characterization of Poincaré’s... [The aim of this paper is to clarify some crucial aspects of PoincaréPoincaré’s philosophy of science, and especially the notion of ‘conventionconvention’. This will lead to a better understanding of the differing interpretations of his views that have been proposed, and to a reassessment of the conventionalist philosophy of science 100 years after Poincaré’s passing. The first section presents a short contextualization of conventionalismconventionalism with the nineteenth century philosophical landscape. In the second one, we briefly expose two conflicting ways of interpreting Poincaré’s conventionalism regarding natural science, that is, physicsphysics and mechanicsmechanics. In the third section, the core of this paper, we analyze the different concepts of convention that are found in Poincaré’s works. Finally, we offer some concluding remarks on Poincaré’s views in light of present-day philosophical concerns.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Poincaré, Philosopher of ScienceThe Third Way Epistemology: A Re-characterization of Poincaré’s Conventionalism

Part of the The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 79)
Editors: de Paz, María; DiSalle, Robert
de Paz, María
Poincaré, Philosopher of Science — Mar 12, 2014
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
ISBN
978-94-017-8779-6
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47 –65
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-8780-2_3
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Abstract

[The aim of this paper is to clarify some crucial aspects of PoincaréPoincaré’s philosophy of science, and especially the notion of ‘conventionconvention’. This will lead to a better understanding of the differing interpretations of his views that have been proposed, and to a reassessment of the conventionalist philosophy of science 100 years after Poincaré’s passing. The first section presents a short contextualization of conventionalismconventionalism with the nineteenth century philosophical landscape. In the second one, we briefly expose two conflicting ways of interpreting Poincaré’s conventionalism regarding natural science, that is, physicsphysics and mechanicsmechanics. In the third section, the core of this paper, we analyze the different concepts of convention that are found in Poincaré’s works. Finally, we offer some concluding remarks on Poincaré’s views in light of present-day philosophical concerns.]

Published: Mar 12, 2014

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