The conventionalism attitude of the philosophy of science according to Henri Poincaré

Abstract

This article aims to explain the concept of the conventionalism attitude in the philosophy of science, represented by Henri Poincaré, and to clarify the explanations that this attitude has provided to science and the method, because the conventional attitude has tried to find Logical explanations for scientific transformations in the 19th century, especially after the scientific revolutions that occurred in mathematics and physics. Consequently, Poincaré believes that scientific laws and theories are conventions chosen by scientists, and that the selection criterion is ease and convenience in this way, it is not possible to speak of a correct theory and A false theory, but we can only say that a theory is more convenience than the other