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The Role of Imagination in Ernst Mach’s Philosophy of Science: A Biologico-economical View (2021)

Brecevic, Char (Author)

HOPOS
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Pages: 241-261
Publication date: 2021

DOI: 10.1086/712974

URI: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/712974

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Thought experiments Imagination Philosophy of science 20th century, early 19th century Mach, Ernst

Some popular views of Ernst Mach cast him as a philosopher-scientist averse to imaginative practices in science. The aim of this analysis is to address the question of whether or not imagination is compatible with Machian philosophy of science. I conclude that imagination is not only compatible but essential to realizing the aim of science in Mach’s biologico-economical view. I raise the possible objection that my conclusion is undermined by Mach’s criticism of Isaac Newton’s famous “bucket experiment.” I conclude that Mach’s issue lies not with thought experimentation, tout court, but with the improper use of thought experimentation as it relates to the aim of the biologico-economical development of science.

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