Nelson Goodman

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American philosopher aesthetician human logician philosopher philosopher of science

Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American philosopher → aesthetician → human → logician → philosopher → philosopher of science →
authorOf	Fact, Fiction, and Forecast → Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols → The Structure of Appearance → Ways of Worldmaking →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-08-07 →
dateOfDeath	1998-11-25 →
educatedAt	Harvard University →
employer	Brandeis University → Harvard University → University of Pennsylvania →
familyName	Goodman →
fieldOfWork	aesthetics → logic → philosophy → philosophy of art → philosophy of science →
fullName	Henry Nelson Goodman →
givenName	Henry → Nelson →
influenced	Catherine Elgin → Hilary Putnam → Israel Scheffler → philosophy of art in the 20th century →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainInterest	epistemology → induction → metaphysics → symbol systems →
notableIdea	constructionalism → grue and bleen predicates → irrealism → new riddle of induction → theory of symbols →
notableWork	Fact, Fiction, and Forecast → Languages of Art → The Structure of Appearance → Ways of Worldmaking →
occupation	philosopher → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Somerville, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Needham, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University → Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University → Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clarence Irving Lewis → Ernst Cassirer → Rudolf Carnap →	influenced