The position of Einstein's theory of relativity in the evolution of science

Philipp Frank

pp. 295-300

in: Herlinde Pauer Studer (ed), Norms, values, and society, Berlin, Springer, 1994

Abstrakt

There has been a tendency, not uncommon in the case of a new scientific theory, for every philosopher to interpret the work of Einstein in accordance with his own metaphysical system, and to suggest that the outcome is an accession of strength to the views which the philosopher in question previously held.

Cited authors

Einstein Albert