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Author:   John Preston (University of Reading)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.450kg
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9781108463287

ISBN 10:   1108463282
Pages:   299
Publication Date:   10 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: A New Mach for a New Millennium John Preston; 1. Ernst Mach's Piano and the Making of a Psychophysical Imaginarium Alexandra Hui; 2. Mother's Milk, and More: On the Role of Ernst Mach's Relational Physics in the Development of Einstein's Theory of Relativity Richard Staley; 3. Meaningful Work: Ernst Mach on Energy Conservation Daan Wegener; 4. Mach on Analogy in Science S. G. Sterrett; 5. Ernst Mach's Enlightenment Pragmatism: History and Economy in Scientific Cognition Thomas Uebel; 6. On the Philosophical and Scientific Relationship between Ernst Mach and William James Alexander Klein; 7. Ernst Mach and Friedrich Nietzsche: On the Prejudices of Scientists Pietro Gori; 8. Abstraction, Pragmatism, and History in Mach's Economy of Science Lydia Patton; 9. Holding the Hand of History: Mach on the History of Science, the Analysis of Sensations, and the Economy of Thought Luca Guzzardi; 10. Ernst Mach and the Vienna Circle: A Re-evaluation of the Reception and Influence of his Work Friedrich Stadler; 11. Narratives Divided: The Austrian and the German Mach Michael Stöltzner; 12. Phenomenalism, or Neutral Monism, in Mach's Analysis of Sensations? John Preston; 13. The Case for Mach's Neutral Monism Erik C. Banks.

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'An important addition to the literature on modern philosophy and the philosophy of science ... Recommended.' J. R. Shook, Choice Magazine

'An important addition to the literature on modern philosophy and the philosophy of science … Recommended.' J. R. Shook, Choice Magazine

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John Preston is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is the author of Feyerabend: Philosophy, Science and Society (1997) and Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: A Reader's Guide (2008). He edited the third volume of Feyerabend's Philosophical Papers and co-edited The Worst Enemy of Science?: Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend (with Gonzalo Munévar and David Lamb, 2000).

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