Rudolf Carnap

Rudolf Carnap

male, deceased (1970)
Logician, metaphysicians, naturalized citizen of the United States, Analytic philosopher, logicalpositivism, Philosopher of language
Rudolf Carnap (May 18, 1891, Ronsdorf, Germany - September 14, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was an influential philosopher who was active in...
Moritz Schlick

Moritz Schlick

male, deceased (1936)
German, logic, logicalpositivism, Vienna Circle, philosophy of science, philosopher
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. Schlick was born in Berlin to a...
Hans Reichenbach

Hans Reichenbach

male, deceased (1953)
logicalpositivism, philosophy of science, philosopher, Philosopher of science, German-language philosopher, From Hamburg…logical empiricism
Hans Reichenbach (September 26, 1891, Hamburg, - April 9, 1953, Los Angeles) was a leading philosopher of science, educator and proponent of...
Herbert Feigl

Herbert Feigl

male, deceased (1988)
University of Minnesota, Philosophical Realism, Reichenberg, German native of Bohemia, positivist, Vienna Circle…logicalpositivism
Herbert Feigl (December 14, 1902 - June 1, 1988) was an Austrian philosopher and a member of the Vienna Circle. The son of a weaver, Feigl was born...
Ernest Nagel

Ernest Nagel

male, deceased (1985)
Columbia University, mathematical logic, Carl Hempel, Morris Cohen, Journal of Philosophy, Gödel's incompleteness theorems…Logical Positivist, logicalpositivism
Ernest Nagel (November 16, 1901 - September 22, 1985) was among the most important philosophers of science of his time. Nagel was born in Prague...
Alfred Ayer

Alfred Ayer

male, deceased (1989)
Jewish, University of Oxford, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford, Academic of University College London, Aristotelian Society…logicalpositivism
Sir Alfred Jules Ayer (October 29, 1910 - June 27, 1989), better known as A. J. Ayer, was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical...
Wilfrid Sellars

Wilfrid Sellars

male, deceased (1989)
University of Pittsburgh, Yale University, University of Minnesota, University of Iowa, pragmatism, pragmatist…logicalpositivism
Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (May 20, 1912 - July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher. His father was the noted Canadian-American philosopher Roy Wood...
Philipp Frank

Philipp Frank

male, deceased (1966)
logicalpositivism, Vienna Circle, philosopher, Einstein His Life and Times, The Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Physics…logical-positivist
Philipp Frank was an influential philosopher during the first half of the 20th century. He was a logical-positivist, and a member of the Vienna...

Friedrich Waismann

male, deceased (1959)
Philosopher of language, logicalpositivism, Vienna Circle, philosophy of science, philosopher, Austrian
Friedrich Waismann (March 21, 1896 - November 4, 1959) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is best known for being a...
Frederick Copleston

Frederick Copleston

male, deceased (1994)
English, Summa Theologica, Old Marlburian, Society of Jesus, Gregorian University, From Somerset…logicalpositivism
Fr. Frederick Charles Copleston, S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer on philosophy. Copleston's family was Anglican (his uncle was a bishop of...