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Ernest Nagel's Life

By Stephen R

  • Birth

    Nagel was born in Austria-Hungary in the former kingdom of Bohemia now Czechoslovakia
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    Ernest Nagel's Entire Life

    This is a compacted timeline of events in Nagel's life.

  • Began teaching at Columbia University

    Ernest taught Philosophy at the University. Here is a small video regarding why he made a difference. Link text

  • Published An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method

    Cohen, Morris R., Nagel, Ernest. An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1934

  • Became an Author

    Ernest became an established author after his first book began to shift the thoughts of Philosophy. He began his career as a believer of logical realism before he decided to abandon a realistic view for a theoretical philosophy of science. Nagel describes the function of logical principles in the scientific method. These are described in law and history

  • Release of Logic Without Metaphysics

    Nagel, Ernest. Logic Without Metaphysics, Free Press, 1956

  • Finishes Teaching at Columbia University

    Ernest ended a successful career in teaching Philosophy at Columbia.

  • Wrote Books to Contribute to Philosophy

    Ernest wrote more books than this timeline will cover, but each one contributed to his beliefs and thoughts on the Philosophy of Science. Ernest helped to explain technology but also the logic of scientific inquiry, as well as the organization of scientific knowledge through the logical structure. The date below denotes when his last book was published ending a career of many published works.

  • Death

    After a prolific life in Philosophy Ernest passed away in New York at the age of 80.