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Ernest Nagel was born Nov. 16th, 1901, in Austria-Hungary.
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In 1911 Ernest Nagel moved to the U.S
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In 1923 Ernest Nagel received his bachelor's of science degree in social studies from the City College of New York.
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Ernest Nagel pursued his master's and doctoral degrees in philosophy at Columbia University, receiving them in 1925 and 1931 respectively.
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Began teaching philosophy at the University of Columbia
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At Columbia, Nagel became part of a core group of naturalists, philosophers who believed that only nature, without the assistance of supernatural powers, was responsible for the laws of science and society.
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Taught at Columbia until his retirement in 1970
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Ernest Nagel died of pneumonia in 1985 in Vermont
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