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How can we understand the “canvas” of Poincaré's representative space?
In speaking of the nature of representative space, Poincaré introduces the idea of a flat surface, or "canvas" if you will, upon which a painter might paint:
"Our representations are only the ...
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Did Poincaré misunderstand the nature of a priori truth?
In his article "On the Foundations of Geometry", Poincaré goes through an extensive discussion to establish that our experience of motion may be properly regarded as displacements. This is requisite ...
