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Birth
Ernest Nagel was born Nov 6th, 1901 in Slovakia. He came to the United States in 1911 and received his U.S citizenship in 1919. -
Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
Nagel, along with Morris R. Cohen, authored "Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method". His writings illustrated the function of logical principles in the scientific method in the natural/social sciences and in law and history. -
Teaching
Nagel became the first John Dewey professor of Philosophy at Columbia University