Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl (/ˈfaɪɡəl/; German: [ˈfaɪgl̩]; December 14, 1902 – June 1, 1988) was an Austrian-American philosopher and an early member of the Vienna Circle. He coined the term "nomological danglers".
Herbert Feigl | |
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Herbert Feigl (1973) | |
| Born | 14 December 1902 Reichenberg (Liberec), Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 1 June 1988 (aged 85) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 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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