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Ernest Nagel was born 16 Nov 1901. He was born in Mesto, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary. He was an American philosopher known for his work on the implications of science.
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Ernest migrated from Austria-Hungary in 1911. He later became an American citizen in 1919. -
Ernest taught philosophy at Columbia University from 1931 - 1970. -
Ernest was not only a teacher but wrote a few books. An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method: written in 1934 alongside Morris R. Cohen, illustrating the function of logical principles in scientific methods in the natural and social sciences, law, and history.
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Logic Without Metaphysics written in 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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2022).
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Lastly, he wrote The Structure of Science. Analyzes the nature of explanation, the logic of scientific inquiry, and the logical structure of the organization of scientific knowledge. (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2022).
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Ernest Nagel died 20 September 1985
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0-TKeo_br8 12 Jul 2021 Out of the 5 part videos I found this part to be the most interesting.