Ali Eftekhari * 

Electrochemical Research Center, P.O. Box 19395-5139, Tehran, Iran


Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist; devoted the second part of his life to philosophy. His natural philosophy is of great importance in the fields of philosophy of science and contemporary philosophy. This article presents (a) his biography; (b) different aspects of his natural philosophy; and (c) bibliography of his philosophical works and the works devoted to his natural philosophy.




Table of Contents

 • Biography
 • Personality
 • Boltzmann’s Critiques of Other Philosophies 
o On a Thesis of Schopenhauer’s 
o On Energetics 
• Boltzmann’s Philosophical Works 
o Boltzmann’s Natural Philosophy 
o Philosophy of Theories (Theoretical Pluralism) 
o Boltzmann’s Anti-Dogmatism 
o Boltzmann’s Memento for Future Philosophy 
• Boltzmann’s Materialism 
• Influence of Boltzmann on Modern Physics (Philosophical Importance) 
• Bibliography of Boltzmann’s Philosophical Works 
• The Works Devoted to Boltzmann’s Philosophy and His Life

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E-mail address: eftekhari@elchem.org


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http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1717/2/Ludwig_Boltzmann.pdf

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