  Albert Einstein's practice in physics and his philosophical positions
gradually reoriented themselves from more empiricist towards rationalist
viewpoints. This change accompanied his turn towards unified field theory and
different presentations of himself, eventually leading to his highly
programmatic Autobiographical Notes in 1949. Einstein enlisted his own history
and professional stature to mold an ideal of a theoretical physicist who
represented particular epistemic virtues and moral qualities. These in turn
reflected the theoretical ideas of his strongly mathematical unification
program and professed Spinozist beliefs.
