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Birth
Ernest Nagel was born in Nove Mesto, Czechoslovakia -
Ernest to the United States
Ernest Nagel came to the United States at the age of 10 -
Officially a United States Citizen
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Most prominent American philosopher of science
Advocated logical realism, and theorized that the universe and traits of nature were represented in the principles of logic. He would later take on a view that looked at functional aspects and abstracts of logic and the philosophy of science. -
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Teaching career
Ernest Negal was a philosophy teacher at Columbia University for just under 40 years -
Authored An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
In this book Negal discusses the function of logical principles in the scientific method, natural science, and social science. -
Marriage
Married Edith Haggstrom and had two children with her, Alexander and Sidney. -
Authored Sovereign Reason
In this book Negal wrote a criticism on Brand Blanshard's theory of internal relations. -
Meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association
In his presidential address, he defined naturalism as "a generalized account of the cosmic scheme and of man's place in it, as well as a logic of inquiry." He also stated that naturalism is "the executive and causal primacy of matter in the executive order of nature" and "the manifest plurality and variety of things, of their quantities and their functions, an irreducible feature of the universe." -
Authored Life Without Metaphysics
In this book Negal argues for the naturalistic interpretation of logic. He also discusses the philosophical study of being, existence, and reality along with their relationships. -
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Authored The Structure of Science
In this book he helped develop the field of analytic philosophy of science which emphasis on the language and also focusing on formal logic and mathematics of science. This book has been considered one of the best works on the philosophy of science. -
Death
Died of pneumonia at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, New York at the age of 83
