Conventions in geometry and pragmatic reconstruction in Poincaré : a problematic reception in logical empiricism

Gerhard Heinzmann (1, 2)

1 LHSP - Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré
2 MSH Lorraine - Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Lorraine

The main thesis of this paper is that Poincaré conventionalism must be ranked among these sources of the logical empiricists, that seem to be at the same time a source of Quine's criticism of the two dogmas of the logical empiricism and survives consequently Quine's criticism.

Mots clés: Poincaré; Logic; Pragmatic; Geometry

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Logique [math.LO]; Psychologie; Linguistique

Gerhard Heinzmann. Conventions in geometry and pragmatic reconstruction in Poincaré : a problematic reception in logical empiricism. 2010. ⟨halshs-00529135⟩