Ernst Mach

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human philosopher physicist science historian university teacher

Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose empiricist ideas about science and perception significantly shaped the development of logical positivism and modern philosophy of science.

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Ernst Mach canonical 38
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
science historian ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree doctorate in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire
dateOfBirth 1838-02-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1916-02-19 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Vienna ⓘ
employer Charles University in Prague ⓘ
University of Vienna ⓘ
familyName Mach ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
physics ⓘ
psychology of perception ⓘ
givenName Ernst ⓘ
hasEponym Ernst Mach Institute for High-Speed Dynamics ⓘ
Ernst Mach crater ⓘ
Mach cone ⓘ
Mach number ⓘ
influenced Albert Einstein ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Moritz Schlick ⓘ
Vienna Circle ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
influencedBy David Hume ⓘ
George Berkeley ⓘ
movement empiricism ⓘ
phenomenalism ⓘ
positivism ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableIdea Mach principle ⓘ
analysis of sensations ⓘ
economy of thought ⓘ
empirio-criticism ⓘ
notableWork Knowledge and Error ⓘ
The Analysis of Sensations ⓘ
The Science of Mechanics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brno region ⓘ
Chirlitz-Turas, Moravia ⓘ
placeOfDeath German Empire ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Haar, Bavaria
positionHeld member of the Austrian Parliament ⓘ
professor of experimental physics ⓘ
professor of philosophy ⓘ
religion Catholicism (background) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Prague ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ

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logical positivism → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Newtonian absolute space → criticizedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Rudolf Carnap → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Vienna Circle → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Otto Neurath → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Moritz Schlick → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Philipp Frank → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Dennis Sciama → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
The Logical Structure of the World → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
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The Science of Mechanics → author → Ernst Mach ⓘ
The Analysis of Sensations → author → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Knowledge and Error → author → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Mach number → namedAfter → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Mach cone → isNamedAfter → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Ernst Mach Institute for High-Speed Dynamics → namedAfter → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Ernst Mach crater → namedAfter → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Ernst Mach crater → honours → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Ernst Mach crater → hasEponymFullName → Ernst Mach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach
Chirlitz-Turas, Moravia → hasNotablePerson → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Mario Bunge → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Raum und Zeit in der gegenwärtigen Physik → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in the Physical Sciences → namedAfter → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Friedrich Albert Lange → influenced → Ernst Mach ⓘ
On the Origin of Inertia → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Victor Kraft → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Richard von Mises → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Giovanni Vailati → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Mach bands → namedAfter → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Mach bands → firstDescribedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Newton’s bucket argument → critiquedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ
Julian Barbour → influencedBy → Ernst Mach ⓘ