What aspect of science did Mach have a philosophical impact on?
Botany
Astrology
Science of logic
Logical positivism
Answer
Logical positivism, a philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification and logical analysis of scientific knowledge, owes much of its development to the influence of Ernst Mach. Mach's critique of the foundations of physics, particularly his rejection of absolute space and time and his insistence on the empirical verification of scientific theories, provided a crucial impetus for the development of logical positivism's core tenets.
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