Herbert Feigl

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Herbert Feigl

Philosophy

#170

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Metaphysics

#22

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Epistemology

#36

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Logic

#116

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Herbert Feigl's Degrees

• PhD Philosophy University of Vienna

Why Is Herbert Feigl Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher and an early member of the Vienna Circle. He coined the term "nomological danglers". Biography The son of a trained weaver who became a textile designer, Feigl was born in Reichenberg , Bohemia, into a Jewish family. He matriculated at the University of Vienna in 1922 and studied physics and philosophy under Moritz Schlick, Hans Hahn, Hans Thirring, and Karl Bühler. He became one of the members of the Vienna Circle in 1924 and would be one of the few Circle members to have extensive conversations with Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper. Feigl received his doctorate at Vienna in 1927 for his dissertation Zufall und Gesetz: Versuch einer naturerkenntnistheoretischen Klarung des Wahrscheinlichkeits- und Induktionsproblems . He published his first book, Theorie und Erfahrung in der Physik , in 1929.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Herbert Feigl?

Herbert Feigl is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Minnesota
• University of Iowa
• University of Vienna
• Harvard University