Hölder, Mach, and the Law of the Lever: A Case of Well-founded Non-controversy

Otto Hölder’s reply to Mach’s renowned critique of the Archimedean proof of the Law of the Lever is analyzed and contextutalized as part of Hölder’s epistemological theory. The proof of the Law of the Lever provided for Hölder a case study on deduction in mechanics. He developed in it an original un...

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Main Author: Oliver Schlaudt
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2013-03-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/830