Algumas observações sobre as fontes cognitivas de Albert Einstein

Abstract

This paper investigates the sources of certain ethical and cognitive values that played a distinctive role as a reference for Einstein's life and work. The Berna years are considered particularly significant: Einstein's professional experience in the Federal Institute for Intellectual Property as well as his participation in _the so called 'Olympia Academy' group. The paper discusses also the problems concerning the possible influences of certain philosophical schools. particularly kantianism, over Einstein's epistemological conceptions.