Yemima Ben-Menahem

Yemima Ben-Menahem (born December 23, 1946) is an Israeli philosopher and professor emerita at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her primary area of expertise is the philosophy of science, with a particular focus on the philosophy of modern physics. In 2001, she established the academic journal *Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism*. She also served as the Director of the Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine at her university. Since 2006, Ben-Menahem has been a member of the Academic Board of the *Einstein Papers Project*. In 2007, she curated an exhibition titled *Newton's Secrets* at the National Library of Israel. Ben-Menahem's work has extensively explored conventionalism, a philosophical position articulated by Henri Poincaré, which posits that many assertions we consider objective truths are actually conventions. She analyzes the influence of conventionalism on twentieth-century science and philosophy, including its impact on the philosophy of logic and mathematics, the theory of relativity, and the writings of philosophers such as Rudolf Carnap, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hilary Putnam, and Willard Van Orman Quine. Her writings also address topics related to Jorge Luis Borges, Donald Davidson, Michel Foucault, William James, Emil Meyerson, and Henri Poincaré. In 2022, Ben-Menahem was awarded the prestigious Israel Prize for her contributions to the study of philosophy and religious sciences.