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Ernst Mach: Physicist and Philosopher (Hardcover, 1970 ed.)
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Ernst Mach: Physicist and Philosopher (Hardcover, 1970 ed.)
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 6
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At the annual meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., 27 December 1966, a
symposium was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death
of Ernst Mach, the physicist who was vitally concerned about
philosophical foundations. It was arranged by Section B on Physics,
and co-sponsored by Section L on the History and Philosophy of
Science, as well as by the History of Science Society. Dr. Allen W.
Astin, Vice-President of the Association and Director of the
National Bureau of Standards, presided. Representing the Austrian
ambassador, Dr. Ernst Lemberger, a few opening remarks on his
behalf were made by Dr. Walter Hietsch. Also present was Dr. Ernest
A. Lederer, a grandson of Ernst Mach. The contributors, to the
symposium, mostly physicists, represented different backgrounds and
differing points of view; they presented their review of Mach's
work primarily in the light of subsequent developments. They all,
however, share a common interest in the life and works of Ernst
Mach. Two of them, Otto BlUh and Peter G. Bergmann, received their
doctoral degrees in theoretical physics from the University of
Prague. Karl Menger received his doctoral degree in mathematics
from the University of Vienna (he is responsible for the latest
edition [1960] of Mach's celebrated The Science of Mechanics: A
Critical and Historical Account of its Development, for which he
prepared a new Introduction).
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