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Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach born in Hamburg Germany on September 26, 1891. He died in Los Angeles California on April 9, 1953 -
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What is he best known for?
1928 Philosophie der Raum-Zeit-Lehre ("Philosophy of Space and Time"). and 1935 Warscheinlichkeitslehre ("Theory of Probability") He was able to make an important technical contribution to the probability theory. This is seen "in which two truths tables are replaced by the multi valued concept "weight", and wrote widely on logic and the philosophical bases of science." *1 -
Vienna Circle
He was an early associate of the Vienna Circle of logical positivists. With the help of Rudolf Carnap he was able to found the journal "Erkenntnis" in 1930. It was continued until 1938 and then reappeared in the USA with an English edition. -
Professor
Reichenbach became a professor of philosophy at Berlin in 1933 where he stayed until 1938. He moved onto Istanbul in 1933 and stayed until 1938 when he moved to Los Angeles California. -
Best known for continued
Since Hans discovery in the theory of probability there have been many philosophers who have refuted the idea or so they claim (known as the common cause principle.). "any surprising correlation between any two factors that do not directly influence one another is due to some common cause" *2 -
References
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Reichenbach, Hans. (2011). In L. Rodger, & J. Bakewell, Chambers Biographical Dictionary (9th ed.). London, UK: Chambers Harrap. Retrieved from https://search-credoreference-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/content/entry/chambbd/reichenbach_hans/0 *2
Wronski, Leszek. The Reichenbach's Paradise : Constructing the Realm of Probabilistic Common Causes, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=1685351. -
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