Plaud, Sabine (2007) On Photographs and Phonographs: New Techniques of Recording and their Influence on Mach’s Conception of Knowledge. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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I examine some aspects of Mach’s concern for photographs and phonographs. I start with the phonographs, and I examine in particular Mach’s reference to this device in his account of the development of written language. My second point is a comparison between Mach's reference to phonographs and hieroglyphs and some very similar insights in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. Lastly, I address some aspects of Mach’s interest in photographical techniques, and I try to draw a parallel between Mach’s conception of mental economical pictures and the method of composite portraiture developed by Galton.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Plaud, Sabine
Keywords:	Mach, Wittgenstein, techniques, pictures, Galton, photography, sound waves
Subjects:	General Issues > Philosophers of Science
Depositing User:	Sabine Plaud
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2007
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:15
Item ID:	3699
Subjects:	General Issues > Philosophers of Science
Date:	2007
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3699

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