Mach and Relativity Theory : ANeverending Story in HOPOSia?

Wolters, Gereon

Mach and Relativity Theory : ANeverending Story in HOPOSia?

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2019

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Ernst Mach : Life, Work, Influence / Stadler, Friedrich (ed.). - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2019. - (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook ; 22). - pp. 367-385. - ISBN 978-3-030-04377-3

Abstract

Michael Ende’s bestseller/The Neverending Story/is set in a magical world called “Fantastica”. In Fantastica, there are heroes and villains, just as in the world of universities and academies. There is even an entity, or better: a non-entity of shaky existence, das Nichts, the Nothingness – loved by some philosophers like Martin Heidegger. In Fantastica Nothingness is able to create trouble and destruction. The same is true in the land of academic history and philosophy of science – let us call it “HOPOSia”. In HOPOSia, particularly in its Anglophone provinces, Nothingness of knowledge and information has succeeded in building up strong opinions about the topic “Mach and Relativity”, and has created confusion and disinformation. However, you may slightly relax; our story in HOPOSia is less cruel so far and more peaceful than what happens in Fantastica. Sometimes it has even entertaining aspects. There are similarities, though: If there had not been lies and manipulation of believes, our story would have ended years ago. It went on instead and will possibly do so forever.

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WOLTERS, Gereon, 2019. Mach and Relativity Theory : ANeverending Story in HOPOSia?. In: STADLER, Friedrich, ed.. Ernst Mach : Life, Work, Influence. Cham:Springer International Publishing, pp. 367-385. ISBN 978-3-030-04377-3. Available under: doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04378-0_28

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  doi={10.1007/978-3-030-04378-0_28},
  title={Mach and Relativity Theory : ANeverending Story in HOPOSia?},
  number={22},
  isbn={978-3-030-04377-3},
  publisher={Springer International Publishing},
  address={Cham},
  series={Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook},
  booktitle={Ernst Mach : Life, Work, Influence},
  pages={367--385},
  editor={Stadler, Friedrich},
  author={Wolters, Gereon}
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