Stump, David J. (2024) French Conventionalism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The label French Conventionalism has generally been used to refer to Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem, who were
seen as having the same view. Current scholarship presents a more complex picture of French philosophy of
science in the early twentieth century. There are many conflicting interpretations of both Poincaré and Duhem, but
at least we have learned that they do not have the same viewpoint. However, Duhem and Poincaré do share the
idea that in some areas of science, we make a choice that is not empirically determinable. We can certainly say that
there was an important set of issues being debated in French philosophy of science in the very early twentieth
century and that these debates centered on the views of Poincaré and Duhem, no matter what label we use.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Stump, David J. stumpd@usfca.edu 0000-0002-0290-7533
Additional Information:	to appear in the Routledge Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Science, edited by Flavia Padovani and Adam Tuboly
Keywords:	Poincaré, Duhem, France. conventionalism,
Subjects:	General Issues > Conventionalism
Depositing User:	Dr. David J. Stump
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2025 13:54
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2025 13:54
Item ID:	24475
Subjects:	General Issues > Conventionalism
Date:	December 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24475

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