Abstract

CARDONA SUAREZ, Carlos Alberto. POINCARÈ OR THE DEEP NEED OF CONVENTION. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2005, vol.54, n.129, pp.3-20. ISSN 0120-0062.

(Poincare or The Deep Need for Convention): In the frame of the celebration of the century of the publication that gave way to the special theory of relativity, a semblance of the discussions generated from the philosophical implications that derive from the possibility of accepting non-euclidian frames for our space of representation. Poncaré’s argument is exposed in defense of geometrys principle of relativity and the criticism formulated by Hans Reichenbach is discussed.

Keywords : geometry; conventionalism; space; rigid bodies.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )