Ernst Mach, physicist and philosopher, addresses the fundamental problem of the truth of observations in his 1900 treatise L’Analyse des Sensations. Here we discuss his views on how a physical truth shall be identified from human observations and the influence of his ideas on modern science and philosophy.

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Discussion on Ernst Mach’s Analysis of Sensations, Chapter 4 at the History and Philosophy of Science Meeting, 15 December 2021.