Ernest nagel

Ernest Nagel

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Ernest Nagel was born on November 16, 1901 in the beautiful Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia to Isadore Nagel and Frida Weiss Nagel. The Nagel family immigrated to the United States in 1911 when Ernest was only 10 years old and he then received his citizenship 8 years later in 1919. "Ernest Nagel". (July 8, 2018). Alchetron. Retrieved August 5, 2020 from https://alchetron.com/Ernest-Nagel Jewish Families from Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia. http://wikitravel.org/en/Nové_Mesto_nad_Váhom

  • Education

    Ernest Nagel taught in the New York city public school system while studying in City College of New York, where he later graduated in 1923 with a bachelor of science. He then furthered his education at Columbia University where he earned both his masters and his doctoral degree. After graduating, Nagel began teaching philosophy at Columbia University where he remained a professor until he retired. While at Columbia, Nagel earned the highest rank within the academic field of University Professor.

  • Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method

    Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
    In 1934, Ernest Nagel wrote “An Introduction to Logic and the Scientific Method” with his CCNY professor Morris R. Cohen. The book “… richly illustrates the function of logical principles in scientific method in the natural and social sciences and in law and history.”. They both stressed the importance of hypothesis in conducting research. The book is considered to be an original contributor to what we know as scientific philosophy. archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499820

  • The Structure of Science

    The Structure of Science
    His 1961 masterpiece was groundbreaking to the scientific field as Nagel “examined the logical structure of scientific concepts and evaluated the claims of knowledge in various sciences.”. Negal essentially attempted to show that the same logic that was used for scientific explanations could be used across the board which would eliminate all ontological commitments, except the ones that would be required by basic sciences.
    "Ernest Nagel". Alchetron. (2018).

  • Legacy

    Ernest Nagel died on September 20, 1985 in New York City from pneumonia after living a purposeful and mesmerizing life. In 2011, Nagel was selected for inclusion in CSI's Pantheon of Skeptics. Until this day, he's known as one of the greatest scientific philosophers that has ever lived. His controversial thoughts paved the way for modern philosophy and many other fields. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXWAXtQK6zE "Ernest Nagel Facts". YourDictionary. /biography.yourdictionary.com/ernest-nagel