Ernst Mach - A Deeper Look: Documents And New Perspectives (boston Studies In The Philosophy And History Of Science)

__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 philosophical manuscripts publihsed for the first time, along with correspondence and other matters published for the first time in English. The book also provides English translations of Mach's controversies with leading physicists and psychologists, such as Max Planck and Carl Stumpf, and offers basic evidence for resolving Mach's position on atomism and Einstein's theory of relativity. Mach's scientific, philosophical and personal influence in a number of countries -- Austria, Germany, Bohemia and Yugoslavia among them -- has been carefully explored and many aspects detailed for the first time. All of the articles are eminently readable, especially those written by Mach's sister. They are deeply researched, new interpretations abound, and the bibliography includes recent works by and about Mach from over a dozen countries. The book also contains many articles by or about Mach's contemporaries, including Ostwald, Dingler, Weichert and, especially, Einstein. Finally, and most intriguingly, the original ideas of Japanese scholars are presented, built on Mach's philosophy. These demonstrate how Mach's world view is currently contributing to the solution of contemporary philosophical problems. 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 philosophical manuscripts published for the first time, along with correspondence and other matters published for the first time in English. The book also provides English translations of Mach's controversies with leading physicists and psychologists, such as Max Planck and Carl Stumpf, and offers basic evidence for resolving Mach's position on atomism and Einstein's theory of relativity. Mach's scientific, philosophical and personal influence in a number of countries -- Austria, Germany, Bohemia and Yugoslavia among them -- has been carefully explored and many aspects detailed for the first time. All of the articles are eminently readable, especially those written by Mach's sister. They are deeply researched, new interpretations abound, and the bibliography includes recent works by and about Mach from over a dozen countries. The book also contains many articles by or about Mach's contemporaries, including Ostwald, Dingler, Weichert and, especially, Einstein. Finally, and most intriguingly, the original ideas of Japanese scholars are presented, built on Mach's philosophy. These demonstrate how Mach's world view is currently contributing to the solution of contemporary philosophical problems Front Matter....Pages i-xix Some Biographical Documents....Pages 1-28 Ernst Mach in Prague....Pages 29-55 Ernst Mach as A Historian of Science as Seen in Book Reviews and Notes (1896 – 1932)....Pages 57-70 Mach Correspondence....Pages 71-110 Philosophical Documents....Pages 111-126 The Mach-Planck Polemics....Pages 127-150 Mach and Einstein....Pages 151-164 Mach’s Relativity vs. Einstein’s Relativity....Pages 165-182 Ernst Mach - The Scientist as a Buddhist ?....Pages 183-199 Mach’s Phenomenalism as a Link Between Physics and Psychology....Pages 201-214 Poetic Imagination and Economy: Ernst Mach as Theorist of Science....Pages 215-228 Mach’s Relativism Versus Apriorism and the Mechanistic World View....Pages 229-241 Mach’ Critique of Newtonian Mechanics....Pages 243-261 More on Mach and Einstein....Pages 263-276 Three Batches of Reasons for Mach’s Rejection of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity....Pages 277-295 Mach, Einstein, and Kuwaki....Pages 297-332 Ernst Mach’s Influence on Four Japanese Thinkers....Pages 333-361 The “Verein Ernst Mach” - What Was It Really?....Pages 363-377 The Influence of Mach’s Philosophy in Yugoslavia 1900–1941....Pages 379-402 Mach, Utrecht, and Dutch Philosophy....Pages 403-430 Back Matter....Pages 431-463