Herbert Feigl | |
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_In_1973.jpg) Herbert Feigl (1973) | |
| Born | 14 December 1902 |
| Died | 1 June 1988 (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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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]
- ^ Neuber, Matthias (2018), "Herbert Feigl", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2018 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2019-05-07
- ^ Savage, C. Wade (1989). "Obituary for Herbert Feigl". Erkenntnis (1975-). 31 (1): v–ix. doi:10.1007/BF01239127. ISSN 0165-0106. JSTOR 20012225. S2CID 119787454.
- ^ Bailey, Andrew (2013-11-21). Philosophy of mind : the key thinkers. Bailey, Andrew, 1969-. London. p. 107. ISBN 9781441190963. OCLC 861533440.
Smart (1959) credits Feigl with coining the term 'nomological danglers' for conscious properties, as they are conceived on the emergentist view.
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