قراءة كتاب The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method

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The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method

The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method

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THE FOUNDATIONS
OF SCIENCE

SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS
THE VALUE OF SCIENCE
SCIENCE AND METHOD

 

BY
H. POINCARÉ

 

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY
GEORGE BRUCE HALSTED

 

WITH A SPECIAL PREFACE BY POINCARÉ, AND AN INTRODUCTION
BY JOSIAH ROYCE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

THE SCIENCE PRESS
NEW YORK AND GARRISON, N. Y.
1913

 

 

Copyright, 1913
BY The Science Press

 

 

PRESS OF
THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA.


CONTENTS

PAGE
Henri Poincaré ix
Author's Preface to the Translation 3
SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS
Introduction by Royce 9
Introduction 27
Part I. Number and Magnitude
Chapter I.—On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning 31
Syllogistic Deduction 31
Verification and Proof 32
Elements of Arithmetic 33
Reasoning by Recurrence 37
Induction 40
Mathematical Construction 41
Chapter II.—Mathematical Magnitude and Experience 43
Definition of Incommensurables 44
The Physical Continuum 46
Creation of the Mathematical Continuum 46
Measurable Magnitude 49
Various Remarks (Curves without Tangents) 50
The Physical Continuum of Several Dimensions 52
The Mathematical Continuum of Several Dimensions 53
Part II. Space
Chapter III.—The Non-Euclidean Geometries 55
The Bolyai-Lobachevski Geometry 56
Riemann's Geometry 57
The Surfaces of Constant Curvature 58
Interpretation of Non-Euclidean Geometries 59
The Implicit Axioms 60
The Fourth Geometry 62
Lie's Theorem 62
Riemann's Geometries

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