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Ernest Nagel
Ernest Nagel was an American philosopher of science. born November 11 1901 and dies September 20 1985. -
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Contributions to science
He received a BSc from the City College of New York in 1923, and earned his PhD from Columbia University in 1931. In 1958, he published with James R. Newman Gödel's proof, a short book explicating Gödel's incompleteness theorems. He spent his entire academic career at Columbia, becoming a University Professor in 1967 until his retirement in 1970, after which he continued to teach. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977. -
The Structures Of Science
His work focused on the philosophy of mathematical fields such as geometry and probability, quantum mechanics, and the status of reductive and inductive theories of science. His book The Structure of Science (1961) practically introduced the field of analytic philosophy of science. He expounded the different kinds of explanation in different fields, and was skeptical about attempts to unify the nature of scientific laws or explanations. -
legacy
He died in New York. He had two sons, Alexander Nagel and Sidney Nagel, both professors at American universities. At a meeting of the executive council of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry CSI in Denver, Colorado in April 2011, Nagel was selected for inclusion in CSI's Pantheon of Skeptics. The Pantheon of Skeptics was created by CSI to remember the legacy of deceased fellows of CSI and their contributions to the cause of scientific skepticism.[3]
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