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Hans Reichenbach (1891-1953)
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Einstein's Lectures
Reichenbach attends Albert Einsteins lectures in Berlin. This started a friendship between himself and Einstein. -
The Theory of Relativity and a Priori Knowledge
Reichenbach releases "The Theory of Relativity and a Priori Knowledge." This book was his most famous work. His work on this book and much of his later works were parallel to the work of Immanual Kant. -
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University of Berlin
Reichenbach teaches Natural Philosophy at the University of Berlin. -
Erkenntnis
Reichenbach works with members of the Vienna Circle to initiate the publication of a journal called Erkenntnis to act as a forum for scientific philosophy. -
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Istanbul
Reichenbach and 32 other German professors move to Istanbul and establish a new university for intellectuals escaping Hitler's reign in Europe. -
UCLA
Reichenbach and his family move to Los Angeles, CA. Reichenbach accepts a teaching job at University of California, Los Angeles but suffers a heart attack, preventing him from teaching for the first few months. -
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House Arrest
Reichenbach is found as an illegal German alien in the US and is placed under house arrest. He is released when he obtains US citizenship in 1943. -
Death
Reichenbach died of a heart attack before he can present William James Lectures at Harvard or attribute to a planned volume of "Living Philosophers."