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									<p><strong>Hertz's Theory of Mechanistic Images. A precursor of Mathematical Models?</strong>
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<p>Jesper Lützen, Institute for Mathematics, University of Copenhagen&nbsp;
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<p>In<em> Die Prinzipien der Mechanik in neuem Zusammenhange Dargestellt</em> (1894) Heinrich Hertz gave a differential geometric foundation for mechanics which was meant as a basis for all accounts of the natural world. The philosophical&nbsp;introduction to the book discussed&nbsp;the nature of such theories&nbsp;or images as Hertz called them. In the talk I shall analyse Hertz's notion of images. In particular I shall discuss how&nbsp;Hertz's own work as a physicist influenced it and how it was shaped by the particular ideas about mechanics presented in the book. I shall also discuss in how far Hertz's image theory was a precursor of the 20th century notion of a mathematical model. In particular I shall emphasize their lack of&nbsp;ontological commitment and connect it to previous considerations about the nature of mathematical descriptions of the natural world.</p>
								
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