Herbert Feigl

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Herbert Feigl (born December 14, 1902 in Reichenberg , Austria-Hungary , † June 1, 1988 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an Austrian-American philosopher .

Career

Herbert Feigl studied physics, mathematics and philosophy in Munich . In 1922 he began his studies in Vienna; during this time he joined the Vienna Circle . In 1927 Feigl received his doctorate in philosophy. His first monograph, Theory and Experience in Physics , appeared in 1929. The following year he emigrated to the United States , where he received a Rockefeller Fellowship at Harvard University . 1933 Feigl was assistant professor at the University of Iowa , 1937 Associate Professor there, 1940 for the second time holder of a Rockefeller Fellowship at Harvard University and Columbia University . In 1953 he built the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science . In 1971 he resigned as its director. Feigl continued to work as an author.

In 1971 Feigl was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Fonts

  • 1927, Chance and Law, Diss. University of Vienna .
  • 1929, theory and experience in physics, G. Braun, Karlsruhe. engl. Transl .: Chap. 3. in Feigl 1980, 116-144.
  • 1930, Probability and Experience, Knowledge 1, 249-259. engl. Translated: Probability and Experience, in: Feigl 1980, 107–115.
  • 1967, The Mental and the Physical: The Essay and a Postscript, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
  • 1969, The Wiener Kreis in America, in: D. Fleming and B. Bailyn (eds.): The Intellectual Migration 1930-1960 , Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 630-673, also in: Feigl 1980, 57-94.
  • 1974, Empiricism at Bay ?, in: RS Cohen and MW Wartofsky (eds.): Methodological and Historical Essays in the Natural and Social Sciences , Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 14, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1-20. also in: Feigl 1980, 269–285.
  • 1974, No Pot of Message, in: P. Bertocci (ed.): Mid-Twentieth Century Philosophy: Personal Statements, Humanities Press, New York, 120-139. also in: Feigl 1980, 1-20.
  • 1980, Inquiries and Provocations: Selected Writings 1929–1974, ed. Robert S. Cohen, Vienna Circle Collection 14, Reidel, Dordrecht.
  • 1949, with Wilfrid Sellars (ed.): Readings in Philosophical of Analysis, Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York.
  • 1953, with M. Brodbeck (ed.): Readings in the Philosophy of Science, Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York.
  • 1956, with M. Scriven (ed.): The Foundations of Science and the Concepts of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. I, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
  • 1958, with M. Scriven and G. Maxwell (eds.): Concepts, Theories, and the Mind-body Problem, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. II, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, therein: The Mental and the Physical, 370-497.
  • 1961, with G. Maxwell (ed.): Current Issues in the Philosophy of Science, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York.
  • 1962, with G. Maxwell (eds.): Scientific Explanation, Space, and Time, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 3, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
  • 1972, with Wilfrid Sellars and Keith Lehrer (eds.): New Readings in Philosophical Analysis, Appleton-Century-Crofts.

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SURNAME Feigl, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenberg , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1988
Place of death Minneapolis , Minnesota