Ernst Mach
The Analysis of Sensations, and the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical
- Pantianos Classics
- 1914
- Taschenbuch
- 214 Seiten
- ISBN 9781789874884
Physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach investigates the physical sensations of sight, sound, motion, and the perceptions of space and time. Mach is frank about his book incorporating both scientific and philosophical ideas. While acknowledging his investigations were on the border of what science had helped humans comprehend, he defends his work by stating that the manifold sensations a person experiences each day are the result of a complex interplay of biology and physics. As such, philosophical enquiries on the sensory experience are merited, for science alone cannot encompass or quantify the various sensations with a view to explaining their precise effects on the human mind and
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