Discussing "The Value Of Science" By Henri Poincare
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In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Value Of Science," which was written by Henri Poincare and published in 1904.
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Kapitel
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. The Search For Truth (00:00:53)
3. The True Miracle (00:06:42)
4. The Development Of Scientific Thought (00:10:02)
5. Methodical Logical Analysts And Daring Intuitive Geometers (00:16:02)
6. Have We Finally Attained Absolute Mathematical Rigor? (00:18:55)
7. Logic And Intuition (00:22:38)
8. Studying An Elephant With A Microscope – A View Of History (00:24:09)
9. Scientific Conquest By Generalization (00:28:10)
10. Our Flawed Subjective Perception Of Time And Causation (00:29:24)
11. Modeling Causality In Politics, Sociology, And History (00:32:06)
12. Perceiving Simultaneity, Measuring Time, And Opportunism In Choosing Explanations (00:34:42)
13. The Difficulty In Defining A Point In Absolute Space (00:36:52)
14. The Value Of Mathematics (00:42:19)
15. The Symbiosis Of Physics And Math; Math As A Language (00:47:54)
16. The Mathematician As Artist And The Relationship Between Pure And Applied Math (00:54:13)
17. The Grandeur Of Astronomy (01:00:32)
18. A Criticism Of Auguste Comte (01:06:57)
19. Answering Tolstoy, The Value Of Civilization, And Science For Its Own Sake (01:08:41)
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