Joseph Agassi

Joseph Agassi
Agassi in 2007
Born
Joseph Birnbaum

(1927-05-07)7 May 1927
Died22 January 2023(2023-01-22) (aged 95)

Joseph Agassi (/ˈæɡəsi/; Hebrew: יוסף אגסי; born Joseph Birnbaum; 7 May 1927 – 22 January 2023)[1] was an Israeli academic with contributions in logic, scientific method, and philosophy. He studied under Karl Popper and taught at the London School of Economics.

Agassi taught in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Hong Kong from 1960 to 1963.[2] He later taught at the University of Illinois, Boston University, and York University in Canada. He had dual appointments in the last positions with Tel Aviv University.

  1. ^ מילים אישיות לדמותו ולזכרו של פרופ׳ יוסף אגסי ז״ל שהלך הבוקר לעולמו (1927-2023) (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Ng, Margaret (2017), Bar-Am, Nimrod; Gattei, Stefano (eds.), "Critical Rationalism Applied: A Footnote to The Siblinghood of Humanity", Encouraging Openness, Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol. 325, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 243–249, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57669-5_20, ISBN 978-3-319-57668-8, retrieved 18 September 2022