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Birth
Born on Nov 16, 1901 in Hungary -
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Life of Ernest Nagel
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Coming to America
Nagel came to the United States in 1911 and received American citizenship in 1919. -
Wrote Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
Nagel wrote an Introduction to Logic and the Scientific Method with Morris Raphael Cohen, his CCNY teacher in 1934 -
His Work
His book "In Logic Without Metaphysics (1957) he belived in naturalistic interpretation of logic, and denied the ontological necessity of logico-mathematical principles and stating that it must be understood according to their function in specific inquiries -
The Structures of Science
Snalyzes the nature of explanation, the logic of scientific inquiry, and the logical structure of the organization of scientific knowledge -
Death
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Video of Ernest Nagel's Lecture at UC Berkely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXWAXtQK6zE Ernest Nagel's Howison lecture at UC Berkeley, where he discusses the cognitive status of scientific theories and related issues regarding scientific realism and instrumentalism. Ernest Nagel was a prominent philosopher of science of the 20th century