Einstein’s Philosophy Politely Shelved*

Joseph Agassi

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Einstein’s Philosophy Politely Shelved^*

Joseph Agassi^*

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Faculty of Humanities

York University Toronto

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Abstract

Einstein considered fallibilist methodology obvious and metaphysics the challenging heuristic of physics. This philosophy is a minority view in academic philosophy. Most commentators on Einstein reject it and either refuse to ascribe it to him or declare it an impediment to his researches, his own opinion to the contrary notwithstanding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	515-527
Number of pages	13
Journal	Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Volume	45
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393115571251
State	Published - 13 Jul 2015

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Einstein
Popper
approximationism
bootstrap
methodology
positivism

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