Recognize and make mistakes

Author: (Austria) Ernst Mach
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: "Scientific theory is a tentative and imperfect attempt; its results remain problematic and require correction or rectification through research and experience; any observation is influenced by theory..."；“Whether a scientist's ideas conform to a given philosophical system is entirely secondary, as long as he can use them as a starting point for research; do not seek salvation in fundamental doctrines, let alone the only doctrine.” This is Mach's scientific philosophy theory.
Ernst Mach (1838–1916), the name of this Austrian sage, is likely familiar to both scientists and philosophers. Mach moved from science to the history of science and then to the philosophy of science, and his philosophical ideas were born and refined from science itself, which inherently determines their originality and novelty. The Knowledge and Error is a clear, concise, comprehensive, and mature exposition of Mach's theory of scientific cognition and methodology, and it is the innovative volume of Mach's scientific philosophy.