Works
- Erkenntnis und Irrtum (Knowledge and Error), 1905
In Thinking Tools
Known for
An Austrian physicist and philosopher of science. He made the thought experiment (Gedankenexperiment) an object of study, arguing that it draws on the experience stored in memory: the experimenter varies the conditions of an imagined case to see what follows, as a preparation for, and sometimes a substitute for, a physical experiment.