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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
xi should hope for "first and foremost" from any historical
investigation, including his own, was that "it may not be too
tedious. " II That hope is generally realized in Mach's historical
writings, most of which are as lively and interesting now as they
were when they appeared. Mach did not follow any existing model of
historical or philosophical or scientific exposition, but went at
things his own way combining the various approaches as needed to
reach the goals he set for himself. When he is at his best we get a
sense of the Mach whom William James met on a visit to Prague, the
Mach whose four hours of "unforgettable conversation" gave the
forty year old, well traveled James the strongest "impression of
pure intellectual genius" he had yet received, and whose "absolute
simplicity of manner and winningness of smile" captivated him
completely. 12 Consider, for example, the first few chapters of
this book, Principles of the Theory of Heat, which Mach devotes to
the notion of temperature, that most fundamental of all thermal
concepts. He begins by trying to trace the path that leads from our
sensations of hot and cold to a numerical temperature scale.
xi should hope for "first and foremost" from any historical
investigation, including his own, was that "it may not be too
tedious. " II That hope is generally realized in Mach's historical
writings, most of which are as lively and interesting now as they
were when they appeared. Mach did not follow any existing model of
historical or philosophical or scientific exposition, but went at
things his own way combining the various approaches as needed to
reach the goals he set for himself. When he is at his best we get a
sense of the Mach whom William James met on a visit to Prague, the
Mach whose four hours of "unforgettable conversation" gave the
forty year old, well traveled James the strongest "impression of
pure intellectual genius" he had yet received, and whose "absolute
simplicity of manner and winningness of smile" captivated him
completely. 12 Consider, for example, the first few chapters of
this book, Principles of the Theory of Heat, which Mach devotes to
the notion of temperature, that most fundamental of all thermal
concepts. He begins by trying to trace the path that leads from our
sensations of hot and cold to a numerical temperature scale.
Erkenntnis und Irrtum. Skizzen zur Psychologie der Forschung. Von
E. MACH Emer. Professor an der Unlversltlt Wlen. LEIPZIG Verlag von
Johann Ambrosius Barth 1905. INTRODUCTION XIII On a number of
occasions Mach expressed the sentiment, especially in his
correspondence, that America was the land of intellectual freedom
and opportunity, the coming frontier for a new radical empiricism
that would help to wash metaphysics out of philosophy. In 1901 he
sponsored the German edition of Concepts and Theories of Modern
Physics (1881) 2 by J. B. Stallo, Cincinnati lawyer and
philosopher. Mach warmly endorsed Stallo's book because his
scientific aims so closely approximated his own, and because Stallo
rejected the latent metaphysical elements and concealed ontological
assumptions of the mechanical-atomistic inter pretation of the
world. The second edition of Wiirmelehre was dedicated to Stallo in
1900. The fourth edition of Populiir-wissenschaftliche Vorlesungen
(1910), containing seven new essays, was dedicated to Harvard
Professor of physiology, philosophY, and psychology, William James.
Mach had a strong intellectual affinity for James' pragmatism
because, like himself, he recognized that James had come to
radically empirical views from science. Both men took pure
pre-conceptualized experience, from which the mental and physical
predicates of experience are composed, to be neutral rather than
real, unreal, objective or subjective."
Erkenntnis und Irrtum. Skizzen zur Psychologie der Forschung. Von
E. MACH Emer. Professor an der Unlversltlt Wlen. LEIPZIG Verlag von
Johann Ambrosius Barth 1905. INTRODUCTION XIII On a number of
occasions Mach expressed the sentiment, especially in his
correspondence, that America was the land of intellectual freedom
and opportunity, the coming frontier for a new radical empiricism
that would help to wash metaphysics out of philosophy. In 1901 he
sponsored the German edition of Concepts and Theories of Modern
Physics (1881) 2 by J. B. Stallo, Cincinnati lawyer and
philosopher. Mach warmly endorsed Stallo's book because his
scientific aims so closely approximated his own, and because Stallo
rejected the latent metaphysical elements and concealed ontological
assumptions of the mechanical-atomistic inter pretation of the
world. The second edition of Wiirmelehre was dedicated to Stallo in
1900. The fourth edition of Populiir-wissenschaftliche Vorlesungen
(1910), containing seven new essays, was dedicated to Harvard
Professor of physiology, philosophY, and psychology, William James.
Mach had a strong intellectual affinity for James' pragmatism
because, like himself, he recognized that James had come to
radically empirical views from science. Both men took pure
pre-conceptualized experience, from which the mental and physical
predicates of experience are composed, to be neutral rather than
real, unreal, objective or subjective."
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