Science and Method
Jules Henri Poincare(Author)
Thoemmes Continuum (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1999
Book
Hardback
299 pages
978-1-85506-760-8 (ISBN)
Description
The philosophy of science as it is known today emerged out of a combination of three traditional concerns: the classification of the sciences, methodology and the philosophy of nature. Included in the series "Works in the Philosophy of Science 1830-1914" are all three of these interrelated areas. The titles should be of interest to both the philosopher of science and to the historian of ideas. The former will be able to trace present-day concerns back to their origins; the latter should find it a useful source for the study of Victorian conceptions of science. Henri Poincare here deals with a variety of issues of methodology: the selection of facts for study, the calculation of errors, and the use of statistical methods to compensate for errors. It also contains an attack on logicism in the foundations of mathematics, and an early account of the significance for methodology of the "new mechanics" of radioactive decay.
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Series
Edition
Facsimile of 1914 ed
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Facsimile edition
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85506-760-8 (9781855067608)
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