Preface
Introduction; Robert DiSalle and María de Paz
Part I Poincaré's Philosophy of Science
1Portrait of Henri Poincaré as a young philosopher: the formative years (1860-1873); Laurent Rollet
2The Invention of Convention; Janet Folina
3The third way epistemology: A re-characterization of Poincaré's conventionalism; María de Paz
4Poincaré, Indifferent Hypotheses and Metaphysics; Antonio Videira
Part II Poincaré on the Foundations of Mathematics
5Poincaré in Göttingen; Reinhard Kahle
6Poincaré on the Principles of the Calculus;Augusto J. Franco de Oliveira
7Does the French Connection (Poincaré, Lautman) provide some insights regarding the thesis that meta-mathematics is an exception to the slogan that mathematics concerns structures?; Gerhard Heinzmann.-Part III Poincaré on the Foundations of Physics
8Henri Poincaré: The status of mechanical explanations and the foundations of statistical mechanics; João Príncipe
9Poincaré: A scientist inspired by his philosophy; Isabella Serra
10Poincaré on the construction of space-time; Robert DiSalle
Contributors
Index.