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    Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's Philosophy of Science and the Conventionalist Tradition
    Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's Philosophy of Science and the Conventionalist Tradition
    Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's Philosophy of Science and the Conventionalist Tradition
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    Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's Philosophy of Science and the Conventionalist Tradition

    By Jerzy Giedymin and Mario Bunge

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    Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincare's Philosophy of Science and The Conventionalist Tradition contains essays concerned with Henri Poincare's philosophy of science, physics in particular, and with the conventionalist tradition in philosophy that he revived and reshaped, simultaneously with, but independently of, Pierre Duhem. Separating five essays as chapters, the book discusses the main ideas of the philosophy (Essays 1 and 5), traces at least some of its historical background (Essays 1, 2, and 3), and provides some of its developments (Essays 2 and 4).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateMay 20, 2014
    ISBN9781483147055
    Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's Philosophy of Science and the Conventionalist Tradition

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