Value of Science

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1. rramadassMay 2026
   You jest but are right.

   There is nothing new in the article and has already been covered well by some of the greatest Scientists/Mathematicians. We must be careful that articles/papers like these are not used by the anti-scientific crowd to promote their talking points and agendas.

   Notably, Henri Poincare (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

   Details of the works;

   1) Science and Hypothesis (1902) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Hypothesis

   2) The Value of Science (1904) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Value_of_Science

   3) Science and Method (1908) - pdf at https://henripoincarepapers.univ-nantes.fr/chp/hp-pdf/hp1914... At the minimum read this completely.

   See also;

   a) History of Scientific Method - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_scientific_method

   b) Scientific Method - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

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2. azepoiJan 2021
   The title is reminiscent of Poincaré's essay La valeur de la science. It was translated into english with the same title The Value of Science. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Value_of_Science
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