Abstract
The goal of the present article is to introduce the key concepts of the Ernst Mach's philosophy of science as well as to analyze its influence on gravitational theories. In order to do so, we show that it culminates in a criticism about Newton's absolute space idea. The mentioned criticism had considerable influence on Albert Einstein, an enthusiastic follower of Mach's ideas, such that it motivates him to create a theory that encompass great part of its concepts. Finally, we study the Einstein's originals papers in order to analyse the compabitility between his gravitational theory and the E.Mach's ideas. So, we also comment about one generalization that intend to incorporate all the Machian epistemology.
Keywords:
Philosophy of science; gravitation; Mach's and Einstein's ideas