La Valeur de la science
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La Valeur de la science is a 1905 philosophical work by French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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| La Valeur de la science canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Valeur de la science Context triple: [The Value of Science, originalTitle, La Valeur de la science]
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A.
La Vérité des sciences
La Vérité des sciences is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Marin Mersenne that defends the reliability of scientific knowledge against skepticism and reconciles it with Christian theology.
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B.
In the Name of Science
In the Name of Science is the original title of Martin Gardner’s influential 1950 book critically examining pseudoscience and popular scientific misconceptions.
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C.
Bir Bilim Adamının Romanı
Bir Bilim Adamının Romanı is a biographical novel by Turkish author Oğuz Atay that portrays the life and intellectual journey of scientist Mustafa İnan.
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D.
The Warfare of Science
The Warfare of Science is a seminal 19th-century work by Andrew Dickson White that argues for the historical conflict between scientific progress and religious dogma.
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E.
The New Science
The New Science is Giambattista Vico’s seminal 18th-century philosophical work that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays early foundations for the modern human and social sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Valeur de la science Target entity description: La Valeur de la science is a 1905 philosophical work by French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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A.
La Vérité des sciences
La Vérité des sciences is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Marin Mersenne that defends the reliability of scientific knowledge against skepticism and reconciles it with Christian theology.
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B.
In the Name of Science
In the Name of Science is the original title of Martin Gardner’s influential 1950 book critically examining pseudoscience and popular scientific misconceptions.
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C.
Bir Bilim Adamının Romanı
Bir Bilim Adamının Romanı is a biographical novel by Turkish author Oğuz Atay that portrays the life and intellectual journey of scientist Mustafa İnan.
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D.
The Warfare of Science
The Warfare of Science is a seminal 19th-century work by Andrew Dickson White that argues for the historical conflict between scientific progress and religious dogma.
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E.
The New Science
The New Science is Giambattista Vico’s seminal 18th-century philosophical work that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays early foundations for the modern human and social sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Henri Poincaré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
mathematician
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philosopher of science ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| follows | La Science et l’hypothèse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
epistemology
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays on mathematical physics
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essays on mechanics ⓘ essays on probability and induction NERFINISHED ⓘ essays on the foundations of geometry NERFINISHED ⓘ essays on the philosophy of experiment ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
criteria for scientific objectivity
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fallibility of scientific knowledge ⓘ relationship between mathematics and physical reality ⓘ role of simplicity and elegance in theory choice ⓘ status of scientific theories as representations ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century philosophy of science
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logical positivism ⓘ structural realism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical mechanics
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developments in 19th-century physics ⓘ mathematical analysis ⓘ non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
conventionalism
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limits of science ⓘ mathematics and physics ⓘ nature of scientific laws ⓘ objectivity in science ⓘ relation between theory and experiment ⓘ role of hypotheses in science ⓘ scientific knowledge ⓘ scientific method ⓘ scientific realism and anti-realism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
conventionalist view of scientific principles
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critique of naive scientific realism ⓘ distinction between empirical facts and conventions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Henri Poincaré’s works on philosophy of science ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
French philosophy of science
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conventionalism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1905 ⓘ |
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