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.

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Herbert Feigl canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
logical empiricist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
philosopher of mind ⓘ
philosopher of science ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
citizenship Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: 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 positivism ⓘ
surface form: logical empiricism

logical positivism ⓘ
name Herbert Feigl self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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logical positivism → keyFigure → Herbert Feigl ⓘ
Vienna Circle → member → Herbert Feigl ⓘ
Moritz Schlick → influenced → Herbert Feigl ⓘ
Herbert Feigl → name → Herbert Feigl self-link ⓘ
Feigl → hasNotableBearer → Herbert Feigl ⓘ
Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science → foundedBy → Herbert Feigl ⓘ
Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science → hasNotableAssociatedScholar → Herbert Feigl ⓘ
The "Mental" and the "Physical" → author → Herbert Feigl ⓘ