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The Analysis of Sensations

Ernst Mach
1886 (1st ed.); 1903 (rev. 5th ed.) · German
Philosophical-scientific treatise · Late-nineteenth-century empiriocriticism / Viennese positivism

Mach's 1886 founding work of empiriocriticism — sensations as the fundamental elements

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Attribute The Analysis of Sensations (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Relational
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Relational
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Relational
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Relational
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

The Analysis of Sensations

Time as relational among sensations.

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Space

The Analysis of Sensations

Space as relational structure of sensations.

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Matter

The Analysis of Sensations

Matter as bundle of sensations.

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Observer

The Analysis of Sensations

The sensation-analysing self.

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Energy

The Analysis of Sensations

Energies of perceptual constancy.

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Information

The Analysis of Sensations

Sensations as fundamental elements.

Internal Tensions

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The Analysis of Sensations

Mach's Analysis of Sensations: foundational for empiriocriticism, Viennese positivism, and twentieth-century neutral monism; influenced Einstein on absolute space.