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Knowledge and Error

Sketches on the Psychology of Enquiry

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  • © 1976

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  1. Ernst Mach

    1. Vienna, Austria

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  2. Erwin N. Hiebert

    1. Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Collection (VICC, volume 3)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXVIII
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  2. Philosophical and Scientific Thought

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 1-14

  3. A Psycho-Physiological Consideration

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 15-22

  4. Memory. Reproduction and Association

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 23-36

  5. Reflex, Instinct, Will, Ego

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 37-50

  6. Development of Individuality in a Natural and Cultural Habitat

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 51-64

  7. The Exuberance of the Imagination

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 65-78

  8. Knowledge and Error

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 79-91

  9. The Concept

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 92-104

  10. Sensation, Intuition, Phantasy

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 105-119

  11. Adaptation of thoughts to Facts and to Each Other

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 120-133

  12. On Thought Experiments

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 134-147

  13. Physical Experiment and its Leading Features

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 148-161

  14. Similarity and Analogy as a Leading Feature of Enquiry

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 162-170

  15. Hypothesis

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 171-184

  16. Problems

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 185-202

  17. Presuppositions of Enquiry

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 203-211

  18. Pathways of Enquiry

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 212-224

  19. Deduction and Induction Psychologically Viewed

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 225-237

  20. Number and Measure

    • Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 238-250
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Vienna, Austria

    Ernst Mach

  • Cambridge, USA

    Erwin N. Hiebert

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Knowledge and Error

  • Book Subtitle: Sketches on the Psychology of Enquiry

  • Authors: Ernst Mach, Erwin N. Hiebert

  • Series Title: Vienna Circle Collection

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1428-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1976

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0281-4Published: 31 December 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0282-1Published: 31 December 1975

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1428-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 394

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: History, general, Philosophy of Science

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