Herbert Feigl
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.
literature
- C. Wade Savage: Herbert Feigl: 1902-1988 , in: PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Vol. 1988, Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers, 15-22, online ( Memento from 31. January 2009 in the Internet Archive ), German translation by Dirk Koppelberg in: Journal for General Philosophy of Science 21/1 (1990) doi : 10.1007 / BF01801036
- Robert S. Cohen: Bibliography of the Writings of Herbert Feigl , in: Herbert Feigl, Inquiries and Provocations: Selected Writings 1929–1974, ed. Robert S. Cohen, Reidel, Dordrecht / Boston 1980, 439–446, doi : 10.1007 / BF01801260 supplemented and corrected in: Journal for General Philosophy of Science 22/1 (1991), 195–200
- Michael Heidelberger: The Mind-Body Problem in the Origin of Logical Empiricism: Herbert Feigl and Psychophysical Parallelism (PDF; 273 kB), in: Paolo Parrini, Wesley C. Salmon, and Merrilee H. Salmon (eds.): Logical Empiricism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives , University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh 2003, 233-262
- Feigl, Herbert , in: Handbook of Austrian Authors of Jewish Origin, 18th to 20th Century , 2002, pp. 304f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Feigl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Matthias Neuber: Entry in Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
personal data | |
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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 |