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Moving to a New Country and Attending College
Ernest moved from Czechoslovakia to the United States when he was ten years old. Later on, he was a teacher at the New York City public schools, and earned his Bachelor of Science from the City College of New York in 1923 and his Doctorate from Columbia Univeristy in 1930. -
Creating Important Literature
Nagel wrote The Structure of Science in 1934. He was active in the logical and naturalist empirical movements, so naturally, this is a major part of his writing, along with his particular scientific thought. The book also contains the issues in the formation and assessment of elucidation in biology, physics, and social sciences. Later on, he created Principles of the Theory of Probability and Godel's Proof. -
Logic without Ontology
Ernest created two philosophical essays, and one of them was titled Logic without Ontology. He shows that logic is ontologically defined by failures to heed specific corresponding and functioning qualifications because logical principles are "supposed to possess unnecessary truths."
For those who don't know, Ontology is the area of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being. -
The Causal Character of Modern Physical Theory
In this essay, Ernest concerns himself with quantum theory. He denied that quantum theory has "indeterministic consequences." He believed that determinism was the essence of the scientific enterprise. He suggested that determinism does not have to depend on fundamental descriptions, and can play its specific role in every scientific area independently. -
Death
Ernest Nagel died of pneumonia on September 20th, 1985. -
References and WC
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