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Vaihinger an Albert Einstein, Halle, 5.6.1923, Ts. mit eU, Regest in: https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol14-doc/946
Regest (Zitat): „Sends the three judges’ evaluations of the Einstein Prize competition[1] organized by the Als-Ob Gesellschaft, and the unanimous decision in choosing the finalist[2], Aloys Wenzl, from Munich. Regrets the low amount of 5,000 M allotted to the prize and asks whether additional prize money could be found from a donor, also to reward the runners-up. Raymund Schmidt also agrees with the prize award. He also objects to Reichenbach 1922[3], which characterizes the “Als-Ob” philosophy as critical of the theory of relativity, which it is not. After lecturing to the Kant Society in Halle and discussing the matter in person, Reichenbach has agreed to modify his earlier statement.“
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1↑Einstein Prize competition ] vgl. Vaihinger an Einstein vom 13.7.1920. Der schließliche Preisträger Aloys Wenzl sandte seine Preisschrift (erschienen als: Das Verhältnis der Einsteinschen Relativitätslehre zur Philosophie der Gegenwart. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Philosophie des Als-Ob. München: Rösl & Cie. 1924 [Bausteine zu einer Philosophie des „Als-Ob“ Bd. 9]) im Ms. am 11.10.1924 an Einstein (Regest: https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol14-doc/982). Einstein dankte am 22.11.1924, Regest: read it with great enthusiasm. The merits of Hans Vaihinger’s Als-Ob theory are in its details and not in its system (https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol14-doc/989 (beide Links abgerufen am 26.9.2024)).3↑Reichenbach 1922 ] d. i. Hans Reichenbach: Der gegenwärtige Stand der Relativitätsdiskussion. Eine kritische Untersuchung. In: Logos 10 (1920/1921), S. 316–378.▲
