Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry
Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry

Author: Ernst Mach

Publisher: Open Court Classics

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... SPACE AND GEOMETRY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PHYSICAL INQUIRY.1 Our notions of space are rooted in our physiological organism. Geometric concepts are the product of the idealization of physical experiences of space. Systems of geometry, finally, originate in the logical classification of the conceptual materials so obtained. All three factors have left their indubitable traces in modern geometry. Epistemological inquiries regarding space and geometry accordingly concern the physiologist, the psychologist, the physicist, the mathematician, the philosopher, and the logician alike, and they can be gradually carried to their definitive solution only by the consideration of the widely disparate points of view which are here offered. Awakening in early youth to full consciousness, we find ourselves in possession of the notion of a space surrounding and encompassing our body, in which space move divers bodies, now altering and now retaining their size and shape. It is impossible for us to ascertain how this notion has been begotten. Only the most thoroughgoing analysis of experiments purposefully and methodically performed has enabled us to conjecture that inborn idiosyncracies of the body have cooperated to this end with simple and crude experiences of a purely physical character. Sensational And Locative Qualties. An object seen or touched is distinguished not only by a sensational quality (as "red," "rough," "cold," etc.), but also by a locative quality (as "to the left," "above," "before," etc.). The sensational quality may remain the same, while the locative quality continuously changes; that is, the same sensuous object may move in space. Phenomena of this kind being again and again induced by physico-physilogical circumstances, it is found that however ...

Space and Geometry
Space and Geometry

Author: Ernst Mach

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781294651284

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Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry
Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry

Author: Drernst Mach

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781354713389

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SPACE & GEOMETRY IN THE LIGHT
SPACE & GEOMETRY IN THE LIGHT

Author: Ernst 1838-1916 Mach

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-28

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781372694684

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Space
Space

Author: Peter Merriman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-02-09

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1000528561

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Space is the first accessible text which provides a comprehensive examination of approaches that have crossed between such diverse fields as philosophy, physics, architecture, sociology, anthropology, and geography. The text examines the influence of geometry, arithmetic, natural philosophy, empiricism, and positivism to the development of spatial thinking, as well as focusing on the contributions of phenomenologists, existentialists, psychologists, Marxists, and post-structuralists to how we occupy, live, structure, and perform spaces and practices of spacing. The book emphasises the multiple and partial construction of spaces through the embodied practices of diverse subjects, highlighting the contributions of feminists, queer theorists, anthropologists, sociologists, and post-colonial scholars to academic debates. In contrast to contemporary studies which draw a clear line between scientific and particularly quantitative approaches to space and spatiality and more ‘lived’ human enactments and performances, this book highlights the continual influence of different mathematical and philosophical understandings of space and spatiality on everyday western spatial imaginations and registers in the twenty-first century. Space is possibly the key concept underpinning research in geography, as well as being of central importance to scholars and practitioners working across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences.