The Analysis of Sensations
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The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise → scientific treatise → |
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causality
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self → space → time → |
| author |
Ernst Mach
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| centralClaim |
knowledge is grounded in immediate experience
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metaphysical entities beyond experience should be rejected → physical objects are complexes of sensations → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austria-Hungary
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| field |
philosophy
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physics → psychology → |
| genre |
empiricism
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epistemology → philosophy of science → |
| influenced |
Bertrand Russell
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Moritz Schlick → Rudolf Carnap → Vienna Circle → logical positivism → phenomenology → philosophy of science in the 20th century → |
| influencedBy |
David Hume
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George Berkeley → positivist traditions → |
| mainTopic |
empiricism
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experience → perception → phenomenalism → philosophy of physics → |
| methodologicalApproach |
phenomenological description
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psychophysical analysis → |
| notableConcept |
economy of thought
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elements of sensation → |
| opposes |
metaphysical realism
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substance metaphysics → |
| originalLanguage |
German
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| originalTitle |
Die Analyse der Empfindungen
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| philosophicalStance |
anti-metaphysical
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empiricist → positivist → |
| publicationYear |
1886
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The Science of Mechanics
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| viewOnSelf |
the self is a relatively stable complex of sensations
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| viewOnSpace |
space is constructed from relations among sensations
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| viewOnTime |
time is derived from the order of sensations
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The Analysis of Sensations
("elements of sensation")
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Ernst Mach
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The Analysis of Sensations
("Die Analyse der Empfindungen")
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Knowledge and Error
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relatedWork |