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Birth of Ernest Nagel
On November 16, 1901, Ernest Nagel was born in Nové Mesto, Bohemia. Today, the region is associated with Czechoslovakia. By the age of ten, he immigrated to the United States of America. After finally acquiring citizenship in 1919, he pursued higher education. Eventually, this would lead him to Columbia University, which was a significant association for over forty years (National Academy of Sciences 257). -
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Ernest Nagel Employed at Columbia University
After receiving his master’s degree in philosophy and his Ph.D in philosophy from Columbia University, he remained at the university as a staff member for many years (National Academy of Sciences 257). The National Academy of Sciences notes that he remained actively involved in the philosophical and intellectual realms of Columbia University long after his retirement (257). -
An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
Ernest Nagel is especially known for his collaborative work with Morris Cohen. In 1934, they produced the textbook, An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. It was a book that taught the concept of combining philosophy and mathmatic/ or scientific theories in both philosophical and scientific analysis (Suppes 821). That is to say that, he found balance in viewing things through both school's of thought to avoid bias. -
Recording of Nagel's 1960 Lecture
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The Cognitive Status of Theories was a lecture that Nagel gave in 1960 at the University of California Berkeley. This lecture demonstrated his emphasis of discrepancies within scientific realism and instrumentalism (Philosophy of Science). -
Death of Ernest Nagel
On September 20, 1985, Ernest Nagel died in New York City (National Academy of Sciences 257). -
Works Cited
National Academy of Sciences. 1994. Biographical Memoirs: V.65. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/4548. Philosophy Overdose. "The Cognitive Status of Theories (Ernest Nagel in 1960)." Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube, Jul 31, 2016. Web. Accessed Dec 8, 2018. Suppes, Patrick. “The Journal of Philosophy.” The Journal of Philosophy, vol. 77, no. 12, 1980, pp. 820–824. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2025807.