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Birth
Ernest Nagel is born in Vágújhely, Austria-Hungary. -
An Introduction to Logic and the Scientific Method
In 1934, Nagel along with his professor Morris Cohen publish An Introduction to Logic and the Scientific Method; praised as an easy to read and foundational piece in aristotelian logic and the scientific theory. Dearborn, George Van Ness. "Review of: The Principles of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and the Scientific Method." Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 20.3 (1925): 314. -
The Structure of Science
In his foundational work, Nagel sets four conditions scientific laws or theories must follow if they can be considered laws of nature including being quantitative, and consistent no matter the size or number of objects being observed. Madden, Edward H. "Ernest Nagel's The Structure of Science." Philosophy of Science 30.1 (1963): 64-70. -
Scientific Reduction
Nagel fine tunes his theories of scientific reduction and explains the difference between homogeneous and nonhomogeneous laws and published his own model of scientific reduction. Stanford University. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2019. -
Free Will and Causal Determinism
Nagel gives a speech at American University in 1964 in which he explains that there should be no conflict between the idea of free will and causal determinism.
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Death
Ernest Nagel passes away in New York.