Ernst Mach — A Deeper Look

"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 source of information on Mach as a philosopher, historian, scientist and person, containing a number of biographical and philosophical manuscripts published here for the first time in English. It also provides English translations of Mach's controversies with leading physicists and psychologists, such as Max Planck and Carl Strumpf, 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 explored and many aspects detailed. The book also contains many articles by or about Mach's contemporaries, including Ostwald, Dingler, Weichert and, especially, Einstein. Finally, the original ideas of Japanese scholars are presentedm built on Mach's philosophy. These demonstrate how Mach's world view is currently contributing to the solution of contemporary philosophical problems.