Ernest Nagel on Science and Philosophy

Volume I: Biographical Materials and Correspondence with C. G. Hempel
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-031-99457-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 423 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 814 g

Reihe: Vienna Circle Institute Library

This book provides new perspectives on the twentieth-century history of philosophy of science through the person of Ernest Nagel. Being one of the philosophical and institutional motors of the new discipline of philosophy of science, Ernest Nagel is still much underappreciated by scholars. By including a major intellectual biography of Nagel’s life and works (written by his daughter Yvonne Nagel and narrated through the personal correspondence of Ernest Nagel), this book provides a unique opportunity for researchers. The Nagel-Hempel correspondence is published here for the very first time, enabling scholars to get a sense of how logical empiricism emigrated to the States, got acclimatized, and took over American philosophy in less than two decades.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gronda, Roberto

Tuboly, Adam Tamas

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. In Focus: Ernest Nagel and American Philosophy between Pragmatism and Logical Empiricism (Roberto Gronda and Adam Tamas Tuboly).- Chapter 2. Ernest Nagel: A Biography Told Through Letters (Yvonne Nagel).- Chapter 3. Another Life in Letters: Ernest Nagel and Philosophy of Science in the Nagel-Hempel Correspondence (Roberto Gronda and Adam Tamas Tuboly).- Chapter 4. The Nagel-Hempel Correspondence (1935-1985) (Ernest Nagel and Carl G. Hempel).-Index of Names.

Über Autor(innen)

Roberto Gronda is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Pisa. He works on the history of American philosophy, especially on pragmatism, and the philosophy of scientific expertise. His latest works include (Springer, 2020) and (ed. with G. Marchetti and M. Janack, forthcoming, Routledge).

Adam Tamas Tuboly is research group leader of the MTA Lendulet Values and Science Research Group at the HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest and senior research fellow at the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the Medical School, University of Pécs, Hungary. He works on the history of philosophy of science, especially on logical empiricism. His latest works include (ed. with A. Richardson, CUP, 2024), (with Ch. Burke, CUP 2025), and (ed. with F. Padovani, forthcoming).