[FOM] Papers of Poincare

[James Robert Brown]

> > >"Les mathematiques et la logique," Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale
> > >13: 815-35; 1905
> > >Same title, journal 14: 17-34, 294-317; 1906
> >
> > Yes, both parts of this paper were reprinted, "with substantial
> > alterations and additions" (to quote Church) in Poincare's book
> > Science et Methode (Paris, 1908).  The book was translated into
> > English as Science and Method.  Dover then reprinted the translation
> > in 1952.  After that, the trail grows cold.
> >
> > --Herb Enderton


A useful reprint of Poincare's philosophical writings has recently come out.

The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare
  Modern Library,$15.95 (US), 0-375-75848-8

This single volume includes: Science and Hypothesis (1903); The Value of 
Science (1905); and Science and Method (1908).

Happy reading,

Jim Brown


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