Poincaré, Philosopher of Science  Problems and Perspectives /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by María de Paz, Robert DiSalle. 
 - Dordrecht :  Springer Netherlands,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (XIV, 191 p. 10 ill., 1 ill. in color.) 
 - The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields,  79  1566-659X ; .
<br/><br/>Preface -- Introduction; Robert DiSalle and María de Paz -- Part I Poincaré's Philosophy of Science -- 1 Portrait of Henri Poincaré as a young philosopher: the formative years (1860-1873); Laurent Rollet -- 2 The Invention of Convention; Janet Folina -- 3 The third way epistemology: A re-characterization of Poincaré's conventionalism; María de Paz -- 4 Poincaré, Indifferent Hypotheses and Metaphysics; Antonio Videira -- Part II Poincaré on the Foundations of Mathematics -- 5 Poincaré in Göttingen; Reinhard Kahle -- 6 Poincaré on the Principles of the Calculus; Augusto J. Franco de Oliveira -- 7 Does the French Connection (Poincaré, Lautman) provide some insights regarding the thesis that meta-mathematics is an exception to the slogan that mathematics concerns structures?; Gerhard Heinzmann.- Part III Poincaré on the Foundations of Physics -- 8 Henri Poincaré: The status of mechanical explanations and the foundations of statistical mechanics; João Príncipe -- 9 Poincaré: A scientist inspired by his philosophy; Isabella Serra -- 10 Poincaré on the construction of space-time; Robert DiSalle -- Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789401787802 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy.<br/>Epistemology.<br/>Philosophy and science.<br/>Philosophy of nature.<br/>Dynamics.<br/>Ergodic theory.<br/>Mathematics.<br/>History.