Ernst Mach's World Elements: A Study in Natural Philosophy

by Erik C. Banks

By exploring Mach's views on science as well as philosophy, this book attempts to wrest him free from his customary association with logical positivism and to reinterpret him on his own terms as a natural philosopher and naturalist about human knowledge. Physicists, psychologists, philosophers of science, historians of twentieth-century thought and culture, and educators will find this volume a valuable help in interpreting Mach's ideas.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2003

About the author

Erik C. Banks is Professor of Philosophy at Wright State University, with a focus in history and philosophy of science. He also has interests in history of physics, American literature, languages, fine art, Kant and science fiction. His first book Ernst Mach's World Elements appeared in 2003 and his second book The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell: Neutral Monism Reconceived appeared in 2014.