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.

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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 ⓘ
surface form: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Needham ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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