Science and Method

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• faragon · Jul 27, 2018 · Recommends

  "Science and Method" (1908, "Science et méthode" -original title in French-) is Poincaré's book the blog post author is speaking about. In my opinion, Poincaré's book is very valuable, and useful for anyone dealing with…

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• dyukqu · Dec 29, 2019 · Recommends

  …not absolutely good or absolutely bad. Human character consists of so many gray areas (as americans or... I don't know... english-speaking world puts it), it's not like black/white. The second one is Science and Method by Henri Poincare. I'm not in a position to fully understand and appreciate this book, but I just want to share a few quotes[0] that stood out for me when I read it: "The subliminal ego is in no way…

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• rramadass · Sep 17, 2026 · Recommends

  In case you haven't read it; see "Science and Method by Henri Poincare" - https://archive.org/details/sciencemethod00poinuoft Here is a summary - https://thetelos.org/science-and-method-science-et-methode-h... Here is a video discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ-t8-igDZo…

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• rramadass · Sep 18, 2026 · Recommends

  This is just meaningless twaddle. Read the chapter on "Chance" in Poincare's "Science and Method" linked to here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743377 Randomness/Chance itself is amenable to laws by which we can estimate its bounds. In one sense everything is chance since the deterministic…

• faragon · Dec 3, 2016 · Mentions

  Tao's article reminds me Poincaré's "Science and Method" book (1908) where it is explained how to split/address big tasks/problems over long periods of time.

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• rramadass · May 17, 2026 · Mentions

  …(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Poincar%C3%A9 and https://henripoincarepapers.univ-nantes.fr/en/) wrote three philosophy of science books; viz. 1) Science and Hypothesis 2) The Value of Science and 3) Science and Method. These were published together under the apt title, The Foundations of Science which is available here - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39713/39713-h/39713-h.htm and here (ebook versions) - https://archive.org/details/foundationsscie01poingoog…

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• stiff · Jun 28, 2013 · Mentions

  …Poincaré, Henri (1902–1908), The Foundations of Science, New York: Science Press; reprinted in 1921; This book includes the English translations of Science and Hypothesis (1902), The Value of Science (1905), Science and Method (1908). Go to the archive.org page and you will have a download.

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• arjie · Nov 21, 2025 · Mentions

  …primitive notion, to desire on their own that it be refined and improved. The learning comes from making the mistake and being corrected, not from being taught the definition, I think. Anyway, it's from Science and Method, Book 2 https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Science_et_m%C3%A9thode/Livre... There's more to the section that talks about the subject. I just find this particular paragraph amusingly germane.

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