Poincaré, Philosopher of Science - Problems and Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

This volume presents a selection of papers from the Poincaré Project of the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Lisbon, bringing together an international group of scholars with new assessments of Henri Poincaré's philosophy of science—both its historical impact on the foundations of science and mathematics, and its relevance to contemporary philosophical inquiry. The work of Poincaré (1854-1912) extends over many fields within mathematics and mathematical physics. But his scientific work was inseparable from his groundbreaking philosophical reflections, and the scientific ferment in which he participated was inseparable from the philosophical controversies in which he played a pre-eminent part. The subsequent history of the mathematical sciences was profoundly influenced by Poincaré’s philosophical analyses of the relations between and among mathematics, logic, and physics, and, more generally, the relations between formal structures and the world of experience. The papers in this collection illuminate Poincaré’s place within his own historical context as well as the implications of his work for ours.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 79
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	María de Paz • Robert DiSalle
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	191
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-9402400021
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Non-linear science Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	9402400028
Barcode:	9789402400021

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