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Hans Reichenbach (September 26, 1891 - April 9, 1953 - Age 61)

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    Entereance of Hans Reichenbach and early writings

    in 1920, Reichenbach began teaching at Technische Hochschule at Stuttgart. While instructing, he published his book regarding the philosophical implications of the theory of relativity. He later wrote 3 more publications known as: Axiomatization of the theory of Relativity, From Copernicus to Einstein, and The Philosophy of Space and Time. the last coming in 1928 where in essence he explained that philosophical problems could only be solved by logic.
  • Emmigration from Nazi Germany

    Emmigration from Nazi Germany
    in 1933, Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and began his growth with Nazism. After this occurred, Reichenbach emigrated to Turkey. While there, he eventfully became the Chief of the Department of Philosophy. While he served that position at the University of Istanbul, he promoted a shift in philosophy studies while introducing interdisciplinary seminars and classes scientific topics.
  • The Theory of Probibility

    The Theory of Probibility
    Hans Reichenbach wrote a series of papers in regards to the Theory of Probability continuously until 1935. In his series of books, he uses a formula he created that is still used today in reseach, or used as a general baseline for probability. His "Many possibilities probability" helped define a direction of time in their era and its formula is still referenced today.
  • Moving to the United States

    Moving to the United States
    In 1938, Hans Reichenbach emigrated to America. He became a professor of the University of California and published "Experience and Prediction". Which is a great description of how he was as a philosopher. He believed you had to have experienced something ot have truly learned from it, this book goes in to detail of "Real learning" versus the ideology of learning second hand.
  • “The greatest empiricist of the 20th century”

    “The greatest empiricist of the 20th century”
    The life and creations of Hans Reichenbach Hans Reichenbach had an incredibly influential life. From a very young age, he was a part of youth movements, student organizations and was an active writer about university reform. As he got older, he always placed himself in a position to be influential and capable of making change, rather by himself, or with others. he found early success in the Berlin Circle then later in universities.