Max Black

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Max Black
Born	(1909-02-24)February 24, 1909 Baku, Russian Empire
Died	August 27, 1988(1988-08-27) (aged 79) Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Nationality	British American
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Notable work	The Identity of Indiscernibles
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	Institute of Education University of Illinois Cornell University
Main interests	Philosophy of language Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science Philosophy of art
Notable ideas	Criticism of Leibniz' law

Max Black (February 24, 1909 – August 27, 1988) was an Azerbaijan-born British-American philosopher who was a leading figure in analytic philosophy in the years after World War II. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies of the work of philosophers such as Frege. His translation (with Peter Geach) of Frege's published philosophical writing is a classic text.