Hans Reichenbach (1891-1953)

  • The Concept of Probability in the Mathematical Representation of Reality

    The Concept of Probability in the Mathematical Representation of Reality
    Reichenbach's doctoral thesis was his interpretation of Kant's transcendental principle of causality supplemented by a transcendental principle of probability. He asserts that events are determined by a probability distribution. Reichenbach, Hans, et al. The Concept of Probability in the Mathematical Representation of Reality. Open Court, 2008.
  • Axiomatization of the Theory of Relativity

    Axiomatization of the Theory of Relativity
    In this particular work, Reichenbach introduces the novel idea that the theory of relativity is self-evident and requires no proof, thus suggesting that is, or should be, an official scientific principle. Reichenbach, Hans, and Maria Reichenbach. Axiomatization of the Theory of Relativity: Transl. and Ed. by M. Reichenbach, Foreword by Wesley C. Salmon. University of California Press, 1969.
  • The Philosophy of Space and Time

    The Philosophy of Space and Time
    It was in this published work that Reichenbach suggested that a philosophical counterweight should be applied to the development of science, in which philosophers organize into groups so that they can analyze the results produced by the "scientific machine." Reichenbach, Hans. The Philosophy of Space and Time: Transl. by Maria Reichenbach and John Freund. with Introd. Remarks by Rudolf Carnap. Dover, 1958.
  • Experience and Prediction

    Experience and Prediction
    After abandoning foundationalism, Reichenbach wrote this book to assert his epistemological position, which was synonymous with pragmatism rather than logical positivism. Reichenbach, Hans. Experience and Prediction. University of Chicago Press, 1961.