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Einstein's theory of relativity exerted a great influence on logical positivism.
At its origin, logical positivism was primary concerned with the
philosophical interpretation of theory of relativity. I can remember, as an example
of the great influence exerted by Einstein's theory of relativity, that
Schlick wrote in 1915 and 1917 two essays on relativity, Reichenbach attended
Einstein's lectures on the theory of relativity at Berlin in 1917 and wrote in
1920s four books on relativity, Carnap's first work was an essay about the theory
of space published in 1922. Other works on relativity were published in 1950s
by Frank.
Also quantum mechanics was a major subject of philosophical investigation. Works
about quantum theory were published by Schlick and Reichenbach. The latter is also
the author of studies on thermodynamics.
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