AFilosofia da Ciência de Albert Einstein

Vinícius Carvalho da Silva; Larissa Vargas de Freitas; Marcia Begalli

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.9385

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Vinícius Carvalho da Silva Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1061-2727
Larissa Vargas de Freitas Universidade Federal do Tocantins
Marcia Begalli Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.9385

Keywords:

Philosophy of science, Albert Einstein, Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to point out the philosophical influences present in Albert Einstein's physical theories, highlighting some points of the philosophy of science produced by the philosopher physicist. It is known that throughout his career Einstein was greatly influenced by philosophy. In his text, Physics and Reality, he talks about the importance for a physicist not only to have a philosophical basis, but also to do philosophy, especially at times when the foundations of physics are in crisis. The research will therefore consist of a reading of Einstein's texts in order to draw attention to the importance of philosophy for scientific research and the development of theories, especially in the field of physics.

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Author Biographies

Larissa Vargas de Freitas, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Licenciada em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Mestranda em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins.

Marcia Begalli, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

She has a Bachelor's degree (1979) and a Licentiate's degree (1980) in Physics from the State University of Campinas, a Master's degree in Physics from the Institute of Theoretical Physics (1982) and a PhD in Physics from the Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule - Aachen (1989), Germany. He is currently an associate professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. He works with High Energy Physics, currently participating in the Dzero experiment at Fermilab and the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, CERN. She runs the Masterclass-Hands on Particle Physics, in collaboration with IPPOG and other Brazilian organisers, being the national leader together with Prof. Dr. Vitor Oguri.

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