Ernst Mach — A Deeper Look Documents and New Perspectives
Ernst Mach -- A Deeper Look has been written to reveal to English-speaking readers the recent revival of interest in Ernst Mach in Europe and Japan. The book is a storehouse of new information on Mach as a philosopher, historian, scientist and person, containing a number of biographical and philosop...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1992, 1992
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1992 |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section I: Historical Documents
- 1: Some Biographical Documents
- 2: Ernst Mach in Prague
- 3: Ernst Mach as a Historian of Science as Seen in Book Reviews and Notes (1896-1932)
- 4: Mach Correspondence
- Section II: Philosophical Documents
- 5: Some Philosophical Documents
- 6: the Mach-Planck Polemics
- 7: Mach and Einstein
- 8: Mach’s Relativity Vs. Einstein’s Relativity
- Section III: Anthology
- 9: Ursula Baatz / The Scientist as a Buddhist
- 10: Miodrag Cekic / Mach’s Phenomenalism as a Link Between Physics and Psychology
- 11: Rudolf Haller / Poetic Imagination and Economy: Ernst Mach as Theorist of Science
- 12: Keiichi Noé / Mach’s Relativism vs. Apriorism and the Mechanistic World View
- 13: Mario Bunge / Mach’s Critique of Newtonian Mechanics
- 14: Gerald Holton / More on Mach and Einstein
- 15: Ryoichi Itagaki / Three Batches of Reasons for Mach’s Rejection of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
- 16: Setsuko Tanaka / Mach, Einstein, and Kuwaki
- 17: Michael A. Santone / Ernst Mach’s Influence on Four Japanese Thinkers
- 18: Friedrich Stadler / The ‘ Verein Ernst Mach’ - What was It Really?
- 19: Miodrag Cekic / The Influence of Mach’s Philosophy in Yugoslavia
- 20: Henk Visser / Mach, Utrecht, and Dutch Philosophy