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Old 01-September-2006, 04:27 PM
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Rarely nowadays does philosophy inform science. But there is one significant finding in 20th century astronomy that was "dragged into the open", if you will, by the application of philosophy.

Which finding is it and who were the persons invlolved?
General relativity of Einstein from the philosophy of Mach? Can't get more significant than that.
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