About this book
This volume presents new essays on the work and thought of physicist, psychologist, and philosopher Ernst Mach. Moving away from previous estimations of Mach as a pre-logical positivist, the essays reflect his rehabilitation as a thinker of direct relevance to debates in the contemporary philosophies of natural science, psychology, metaphysics, and mind. Topics covered include Mach's work on acoustical psychophysics and physics; his ideas on analogy and the principle of conservation of energy; the correct interpretation of his scheme of 'elements' and its relationship to his 'historical-critical' method; the relationship of his thought to movements such as American pragmatism, realism, and neutral monism, as well as to contemporary figures such as Friedrich Nietzsche; and the reception and influence of his works in Germany and Austria, particularly by the Vienna Circle.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: A New Mach for a New Millennium
- 1 Ernst Mach's Piano and the Making of a Psychophysical Imaginarium
- 2 Mother's Milk and More: On the Role of Ernst Mach's Relational Physics in the Development of Einstein's Theory of Relativity
- 3 Meaningful Work: Ernst Mach on Energy Conservation
- 4 Mach on Analogy in Science
- 5 Ernst Mach's Enlightenment Pragmatism: History and Economy in Scientific Cognition
- 6 On the Philosophical and Scientific Relationship between Ernst Mach and William James
- 7 Ernst Mach and Friedrich Nietzsche: On the Prejudices of Scientists
- 8 Abstraction, Pragmatism, and History in Mach's Economy of Science
- 9 Holding the Hand of History: Mach on the History of Science, the Analysis of Sensations, and the Economy of Thought
- 10 Ernst Mach and the Vienna Circle: A Re-evaluation of the Reception and Influence of His Work
- 11 Narratives Divided: The Austrian and the German Mach
- 12 Phenomenalism, or Neutral Monism, in Mach's Analysis of Sensations?
- 13 The Case for Mach's Neutral Monism
- Index