Nagel

Ernest Nagel 16 November 1901 - 20 September 1985

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    logical positivist movement

    When researching Ernest the thing that came across as his most memorable accomplishment was his support to revise traditional philosophy to scientific philosophy.
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    Ernest Books/Accomplishments

    -An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method (with M. R. Cohen, 1934)
    -The Formation of Modern Conceptions of Formal Logic in the -Development of Geometry (1939)
    -Principles of the Theory of Probability (1939)
    -The Logic of Measurement
    The Meaning of Reduction in the Natural Sciences (1949)
    -Sovereign Reason (1954)
    -Logic without Metaphysics (1957)
    -Gödel’s Proof (with J. R. Newman, 1958)[4]
    Plus many more not listed.
  • Life of Ernest

    Ernest immigrated from Slovakia to the united states at the age of 10. He has two sons who are both professors. Ernest's work mainly focused on the philosophy of mathematical fields such as geometry and probability, quantum mechanics and more. He wrote many books in his lifetime as well as edited some by others. He is known for his work on the implications of science.
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