History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy #262568

But philosophers seem hardly to have done justice to Mach's work. Mach himself, indeed, has repeatedly disclaimed for himself the name of philosopher; yet, in a sense, any man who forms a general position from which to regard, say, science, is a philosopher.10 It must be acknowledged that the least satisfactory parts of Mach's writings are those in which he discusses mathematical conceptions, such as numbers and the continuum; and in which he implies that logic is to be founded on a psychological basis; but such things are unconnected with the greater part of his valuable work.