Empiricism or Pragmatism? Mach's Ideas in America

Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (forthcoming)
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Abstract

I examine Mach's influence on American philosophy from 1890-1910, on Carus, James, Peirce, the American Realists and J.B. Stallo. I also consider the question of whether Mach was a pragmatist in the sense of Peirce and James. I conclude that early pragmatism was a method-centric theory whereas Mach's empiricism prized agreement with experience and downplayed the significance of inductive-scientific methods in general as a guide to discovery.

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Erik C. Banks
Wright State University

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