Editing Ernst Mach (section)

===Influence===
[[Friedrich Hayek]] wrote that, when he attended the [[University of Vienna]] from 1918 to 1921, "as far as philosophical discussion went it essentially revolved around Mach's ideas".<ref>F. A. von Hayek, "Diskussionsbemergungen über Ernst Mach und das sozialwissenschaftliche Denken in Wien," Symposium (Freiburg, 1967), pp. 41 44</ref> Mach's work has also been cited as an influence on the [[Vienna Circle]], being described as a "major precursor of logical positivism".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100122675 |title=Ernst Mach |website=Oxford Reference}}</ref> Members of the Circle organized the "Ernst Mach Society" as a vehicle for discussion of their ideas.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Stadler |editor1-first=Friedrich |title=The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism Re-evaluation and Future Perspectives |date=2006 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |page=xvi}}</ref>

Mach's work was a "forerunner" of [[Gestalt psychology]].<ref>Pojman, Paul, "Ernst Mach", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.)</ref>