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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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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