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Ernest Nagel
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American Citizenship Obtained
Originally from Austria-Hungary, Nagel obtained his American citizenship in 1919. -
An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method (1934; with Morris R. Cohen)
An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method (1934; with Morris R. Cohen) is born. Nagel breaks down the function of logic in the scientific method when applied to social and natural sciences as well as law and history.
Ernest Nagel. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Nagel -
Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association Address
Nagel defined naturalism as "a generalized account of the cosmic scheme and of man's place in it, as well as a logic of inquiry." Naturalism, he said, was "the executive and causal primacy of matter in the executive order of nature" and "the manifest plurality and variety of things, of their qualities and their functions, ... [as] an irreducible feature of the universe."(Ernest Nagel).Ernest Nagel. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2021, from https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ernest_Nagel -
Logic Without Metaphysics
Logic Without Metaphysics written to defend the naturalistic interpretation of logic. https://youtu.be/IHFKwGgBPQU -
The Structure of Science
A book about the philosophy of science, The Structure of Science, written in 1961, explains the logical structure of organizing scientific knowledge and analyzes the nature of explanation, the logic of scientific inquiry. Nagel proposed it possible to create bridge laws to translate terminology.
Ernest Nagel. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2021, from https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ernest_Nagel
