Poincaré's epistemology in the light of Kant: conventions and the regulative use of reason

Authors

  • João Príncipe Universidade de Évora; Departamento de Física; Centro de Estudos em História e Filosofia da Ciência; Universidade de Évora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662015000100003

Abstract

The methodological reflections of Poincaré on the mechanical modeling of phenomena, physical theories, the hierarchy of laws and the evolution of their status and system are illuminated by a Kantian reading that displays the constitutive function of mathematics and the regulative function of principles of convenience and of the principles of physics, these corresponding to an important step in the evolution of physical theories.

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Published

2015-03-01

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2015)

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Artigos

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Poincaré’s epistemology in the light of Kant: conventions and the regulative use of reason . (2015). Scientiae Studia, 13(1), 49-72. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662015000100003