PHILOSOPHER

Ernest Nagel

1901 - 1985

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Ernest Nagel (November 16, 1901 – September 20, 1985) was an American philosopher of science. Along with Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, and Carl Hempel, he is sometimes seen as one of the major figures of the logical positivist movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Nagel has received more than 141,073 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ernest Nagel is the 976th most popular philosopher (down from 971st in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ernest Nagel ranks 976 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre Nicole, Imran N. Hosein, Maitreyi, Egon Bondy, Samuel Clarke, and Yun Hyu. After him are Olof Celsius, Guillaume Faye, Wilfrid Sellars, Persaeus, Anna Kingsford, and Ivan Aksakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ernest Nagel ranks 168. Before him are Nina Bari, Ugo Frigerio, André Parrot, Raymond Firth, Willy Fritsch, and Max Lorenz. After him are Carl Joachim Friedrich, Zeppo Marx, Louis Boyer, Clyde Geronimi, Gustav Knuth, and Edgar Ende. Among people deceased in 1985, Ernest Nagel ranks 119. Before him are Francesca Bertini, Iosif Shklovsky, Dmitry Belyayev, Julia Robinson, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, and René Barjavel. After him are Henry Hansen, Sanjeev Kumar, Margaret Hamilton, Penn Nouth, Helene Engelmann, and Gaston Rébuffat.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ernest Nagel ranks 117 out of 418. Before him are Štefan Čambal (1908), Anna Kolesárová (1928), Peter Pellegrini (1975), Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888), Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766), and Ján Čarnogurský (1944). After him are Miroslav Lajčák (1963), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), Stan Mikita (1940), Jaromil Jireš (1935), Marián Masný (1950), and Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Slovakia

Among philosophers born in Slovakia, Ernest Nagel ranks 2. Before him are Matthias Bel (1684).

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