Henri Poincaré's "Science and Hypothesis" is a foundational work in the philosophy of science, exploring the nature of scientific theories and their relationship to empirical observation. It is significant for its early articulation of conventionalism and its influence on subsequent philosophical thought regarding scientific methodology.
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Held in the Philosophy of Science chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Francis Bacon — Novum Organum (1620)
- René Descartes — Discourse on Method (1637)
- David Hume — An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
- Bertrand Russell — The Problems of Philosophy (1912)
- William Whewell — The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840)
- John Stuart Mill — A System of Logic (1843)
- Auguste Comte — The Positive Philosophy (1830)
- Heinrich Hertz — The Principles of Mechanics (1899)