The principle of least action as the logical empiricist's shibboleth

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00002-9zbMath1222.70004MaRDI QIDQ720566

Michael Stöltzner

Publication date: 17 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

calculus of variationslogical empiricismMoritz Schlickprinciple of least actionHans HahnHilbert's axiomatic method in physicsMach-Planck controversyPhilipp Frank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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