Talking at cross-purposes: how Einstein and the logical empiricists never agreed on what they were disagreeing about

DOI10.1007/s11229-012-0229-1zbMath1302.03003OpenAlexW2096775792MaRDI QIDQ484899

Marco Giovanelli

Publication date: 8 January 2015

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/9234/1/Talking_at_Cross_Purposes_-_Correction.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Albert EinsteinHans ReichenbachHermann Weyllogical empiricismepistemology of geometryMoritz Schlick

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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