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Birth and Education
Ernest Nagel was born in what we now know as Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the USA when he was just ten. He received all of his higher education in America to include.
1923 - Bachelor of Science from the College of the City of New
York
1925 - Master's Degree in philosophy from Columbia University
1931 - Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia Ernest Nagel. By Patrick Suppes. Web. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/nagel-ernest.pdf -
Wide Ranging Interests
During his time in higher education and beyond Ernest Nagel took an interest in the foundations of many subjects, to include.
Measurement
Geometry
Physics
Probability
He devoted much time and energy to these subjects including during his dissertation.
Ernest Nagel. by Patrick Suppes. Web. https://www.nap.edu/read/4548/chapter/14#262 -
Nagel's Historic Report
Nagel authored what many believed to be a historic report in the Journal of Philosophy called "Impressions and Appraisals of Analytic Philosophy in Europe." This helped introduce many American's to European Philosophical works and Philosophers like Ludwig Wittgenstein and Rudolf Carnap. Ernest Nagel. By Adi R. Ferrara. Web. https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/philosophy-biographies/ernest-nagel -
Cognitive Status of Theories
In 1960 Ernest Nagel conducted a lecture and the University of California Berkeley campus. Below is a link to a recording of his lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXWAXtQK6zE&t=232s -
The Structure of Science
Nagel authored the book "The Structure of Science" as an examination about the claims and concepts of various science fields. Through this work he attempted to explain that the same logic of scientific explanation applied to all sciences, and that social and behavioral sciences could be reduced down to a physical science. Ernest Nagel. New World Encyclopedia. Web. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ernest_Nagel
