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Henri Poincare (29 April 1854-17 July 1912)
A French mathematician, one of the largest known and celebrated mathematical physicists at the end of the 18th century. By his untimely death at the age of 58, Mr. Poincare was recognized for his improvements in geometry, theories of differential equations, electromagnetism, topology, and philosophy of mathematics. Gray, Jeremy John, 25 APR 2020, Britannica, Henri Poincare: French Mathematician, retrieved on 19 June 2020, from (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Poincare) -
The Birth of Conventionalism
Motivated by the desire to mitigate deceptive ascriptions of truth. Henri Poincare was and is considered one of the forefathers of this method of thinking.
EX: Green means go, Red means stop.
Menahem, Yemina Ben (2006) Cambridge University, Conventionalism: Poincare to Quine, from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bgRA2LOjcMAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=conventionalism+and+poincare&ots=XuaKtq9_PG&sig=PqH2AeqaX1Gg1p1dlW_C__HXpEs#v=onepage&q=conventionalism%20and%20poincare&f=false) -
Conventionalism Changed
A new philosopher came and questioned the conventionalism of why Green meant go and red meant stop. Rather than the word itself. Green can mean stop as long as society publishes it so. Menahem, Yemina Ben (2006) Cambridge University, Conventionalism: From Poincare to Quine https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bgRA2LOjcMAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=conventionalism+and+poincare&ots=XuaKtq9_PG&sig=PqH2AeqaX1Gg1p1dlW_C__HXpEs#v=onepage&q=conventionalism%20and%20poincare&f=false -
La Science Et L'hypothese (ENG: Science and Hypothesis)
Within this work Poincare addresses numbers, magnitude, space and geometrics. Physics and mechanics, in relation to the philosophy of science. Mathilde Aboud, Philosophy of mathematics in "La Science et l'Hypothese", from Henri Poincare; UPPSALA Universitet (2017) (https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1160909/FULLTEXT01.pdf) (http://www.timetoast.com) -
La Valeur de la Science
A follow up of his previous and initial published book (1902) -
Science et methode
The last book Poincare published before his death spoke his views of the scientific method and the bibliographical philosophy of science. (https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7004262M/Science_et_méthode)(http://www.timetoast.com) -
Dernieres Pensees
Published after Poincare's death, this literature presented the last essay's written containing the genius Poincare exhibited throughout his lifetime. Polizzi Gaspare,SpingerLink Philosophical Aspects of the Work of Poincare: Lettera Matematica 1. 55-67 (2013), retrieved on 19 June 2020, from (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40329-013-0009-x#citeas)(http://www.timetoast.com)
