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in Nove Mesto, Bohemia, an area that is in today's Czech Republic. he was one of two chidlren in an immigrant family.
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Ernest Nagle's family arrived in the United States when he was 10 years old. He became an American Citizen 8 years later. -
Nagel recieved his bachelor of science degree in social studies from the City College of New York.
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Recieved his doctoral degree in philosophy at Columbia University.
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Joined the faculty of philosophy. He spent his entire academic career at Columbia except for one year at Rockefeller University(1966-1967).
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Co- Published with Morris Cohen "An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method" one of the first and most successful textbooks in the field. they interpreted empirical science experimentally, stressing the role of hypothesis in conducting research. Cohen, Morris, and Ernest Nagel. An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. Harcourt, Brace, 1934.
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Nagel published his most famous and widely read book, The Structure of Science. This book discusses the logic of scientific explanation and is still considered one of the most definitive works in this area of the philosophy of science. the book methodically examined the problems in the logic of the various methods of scientific explanation. https://youtu.be/JGOxVIgmGWE . Here is a video on the theme of logic/reasoning Nagel, Ernest. The Structure of Science. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 -
Nagel died of pneumonia at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City
