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Mach’s epistemological phenomenalism, the magnificent idea of constructing the world from those elements that are supposed to be nothing but sense impressions seems to have left the scene of philosophical controversy as a loser.
This English translation originally appeared in Scientific Philosophy Today - Essays in Honor of Mario Bunge, edited by J. Agassi & R.S. Cohen, (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 67), D. Reidel Publishing Company: Dordrecht - Boston - London, 1982, pp. 71–84. For the article in German see: ”Poetische Phantasie und Sparsamkeit - Ernst Mach als Wissenschaftstheoretiker”, Ernst Mach - Werk und Wirkung, Verlag Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky: Vienna, 1988, pp. 342–355. Footnote references for chapter eleven have been expanded in a number of places to include both German and English language titles. -Ed.
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Haller, R. (1992). Poetic Imagination and Economy: Ernst Mach as Theorist of Science. In: Blackmore, J. (eds) Ernst Mach — A Deeper Look. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 143. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2771-4_11
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