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work_g757evi44fairadglsw2ojf4xi	John Preston	Mach and Hertz's mechanics	2008	32	.pdf	application/pdf	9283	650	61	differences, looking at Hertz‟s attitude to the atomic theory, to the mechanical Keywords: Mach, Hertz, mechanics, positivism, atomism, force, metaphysics Positivist Readings of Hertz's Principles of Mechanics Hertz, arguing that „the concept of force gradually developed, from being a concept of force from mechanics altogether was finally completed‟ (ibid., the mechanical and atomic physics and a follower of Kant‟ (Mach 1909, p.11). Hertz actually influenced Mach in his conception of the „intermediate‟ aim of Hertz and Mach are both well-known as critics of Newtonian mechanics. Mach also objected to Hertz‟s characterization of forces as „idle wheels‟, For Mach, „the present form of our science of mechanics rests on an historical Noting Hertz‟s concession, Mach rightly observes that Hertz himself, „with his concept of force, and interprets Hertz‟s mechanics as a move in this direction Mach, as relentlessly striving to eliminate the concept of force from mechanics.	./cache/work_g757evi44fairadglsw2ojf4xi.pdf	./txt/work_g757evi44fairadglsw2ojf4xi.txt