Book ID: CBB000021627

Science and convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's philosophy of science and the conventionalist tradition (1982)

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Giedymin, Jerzy (Author)


Pergamon


Publication Date: 1982
Physical Details: xvii + 229 pp.; bibl.; index

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Review Largeault, J. (1986) Review of "Science and convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's philosophy of science and the conventionalist tradition". Revue Philosophique de la France et de l' Étranger (pp. 404-6). unapi

Review Largeault, J. (1986) Review of "Science and convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's philosophy of science and the conventionalist tradition". Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale (pp. 276-78). unapi

Review Espinoza, M. (1986) Review of "Science and convention: Essays on Henri Poincaré's philosophy of science and the conventionalist tradition". Archives de Philosophie (pp. 666-69). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Poincaré, Henri
Adcock, Craig
Bracco, Christian
Cogliati, Alberto
Folina, Janet
Gower, B. S.
Journals
Almagest
HOPOS
Art Journal
Foundations of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Publishers
Akademie-Verlag
Carocci Editore
Kimé
Verlag Die Blaue Eule
Wydawn. Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
Northwestern University
Concepts
Science
Philosophy of science
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Epistemology
Mathematics
Stars; stellar astronomy
People
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Duhem, Pierre
Le Roy, Edouard
De Finette, Bruno
Einstein, Albert
Fresnel, Augustin Jean
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
France
United States
Romania
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