Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Ernest Nagel
Born: November 16, 1901
Died: September 20, 1985 (aged 83)
Bio: Ernest Nagel was an American philosopher of science. Along with Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, and Carl Hempel, he is sometimes seen as one of the major figures of the logical positivist movement.
Known for:
- The Structure of Science (1961)
- Go del's proof (1958)
- An Introduction to Logic
- Gödel's Proof (1958)