Ernest Nagel ( 16 November 1901 - 20 September 1985)

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  • Birth and Early Life

    Birth and Early Life

    Ernest Nagel was born on 16 November 1902 in Nove Mesto, Bohemia, Austria Hungary. He immigrated to the United State in 1911 and later gained us US citizenship in 1919. He became a philosopher at Columbia University from 1931-1970. This is where he developed most of his philosophical vies by studying the works of many famous philosophers and creating the groundwork for his many influential works.
  • Introduction to Logic and Scientific method

    Introduction to Logic and Scientific method

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  • Logic Without Metaphysics

    Logic Without Metaphysics

    In Logic Without Metaphysics (1957) he defended a naturalistic interpretation of logic, denying the ontological necessity of logico-mathematical principles and arguing that they must be understood according to their function in specific inquiries.(The editors of Britannica, 2020)
  • Gödel’s Proof

    Gödel’s Proof

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  • The structure of science

    The structure of science

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  • Death

    Death

    Ernest Nagel died on September 20th, 1985. In his death, he left two sons on a mathematician at the University of Wisconsin and on a physicist at the University of Chicago. His work influenced the Philosophy of sciences to this day with his different theories of the structures of science.

  • 2021 YouTube video

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