Herbert Feigl

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human logical empiricist philosopher philosopher of mind philosopher of science

Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → logical empiricist → philosopher → philosopher of mind → philosopher of science →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
citizenship	Austria → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1902-12-14 →
dateOfDeath	1988-06-01 →
doctoralAdvisor	Moritz Schlick →
educatedAt	University of Vienna →
employer	University of Iowa → University of Minnesota →
ethnicOrigin	Jewish →
familyName	Feigl →
fieldOfWork	epistemology → philosophy of mind → philosophy of science →
founded	Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science →
givenName	Herbert →
influenced	Carl Hempel → Hilary Putnam → Wilfrid Sellars →
influencedBy	Hans Reichenbach → Ludwig Wittgenstein → Moritz Schlick → Rudolf Carnap →
language	English → German →
mainInterest	confirmation theory → mind–body problem → scientific explanation →
movement	Vienna Circle → logical empiricism → logical positivism →
name	Herbert Feigl →
notableIdea	identity theory of mind → physicalism about mental states → theory of scientific explanation →
notableWork	Philosophy of Science: A Systematic Account → The "Mental" and the "Physical" →
placeOfBirth	Reichenberg →
placeOfDeath	Minneapolis →
positionHeld	professor of philosophy →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Moritz Schlick →	influenced
logical positivism →	keyFigure
Vienna Circle →	member
Herbert Feigl →	name