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The Opposition between Mechanical and Phenomenological Physics

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Principles of the Theory of Heat

Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Collection ((VICC,volume 17))

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The opposition indicated in the title to this chapter stood out more clearly and forcibly than ever before at the Congress of men of science (Naturforscherversammlung) at Lübeck in 1895. This opposition is, at bottom, the old opposition between Hooke and Newton. Yet it seems as though a reconciliation were quite attainable.

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Brian McGuinness

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© 1986 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Mach, E. (1986). The Opposition between Mechanical and Phenomenological Physics. In: McGuinness, B. (eds) Principles of the Theory of Heat. Vienna Circle Collection, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4622-4_25

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