Images and Conventions: Kantianism, empiricism, and conventionalism in Hertz's and Poincaré's philosophies of space and mechanics

Abstract

Artiklen analyserer kantianske, empiricistiske og konventionalistiske tendenser i Heinrich Hertz's Prinzipien der Mechanik (1894) og sammenligner dem med tilsvarende tendenser i Henri Poincaré's La science et l'hypothèse (1902). Derved belyses Poincaré's reaktion på kantianismen
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth-Century Science
Number of pages16
Place of PublicationCambridge Massachussetts
PublisherMIT Press
Publication date2007
Pages315-330
ISBN (Print)978-0-262-06254-1
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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