Herbert Feigl
Austrian-American philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Herbert Feigl (/ˈfaɪɡəl/; German: [ˈfaɪgl̩]; December 14, 1902 – June 1, 1988) was an Austrian-American philosopher and an early member of the Vienna Circle.[1][2] He coined the term "nomological danglers".[3]
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Herbert Feigl | |
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Born | (1902-12-14)14 December 1902 |
Died | 1 June 1988(1988-06-01) (aged 85) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy Vienna Circle |
Thesis | Zufall und Gesetz: Versuch einer naturerkenntnistheoretischen Klarung des Wahrscheinlichkeits- und Induktionsproblems (Chance and Law: An Epistemological Analysis of the Roles of Probability and Induction in the Natural Sciences) (1927) |
Notable students | Hugh Mellor |
Main interests | Philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Nomological danglers |
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