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Hans Reichenbach
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Hans Reichenbach (1891–1953) was a German philosopher, physicist, logician, and university teacher. Born in Hamburg, he received his education at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His doctoral advisors included Max Noether and Paul Hensel. Reichenbach was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and spoke English, German, and Polish. He died in Los Angeles and is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery.
His notable works include *From Copernicus to Einstein*, *Ziele und Wege der physikalischen Erkenntnis*, *Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1931*, *Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit*, and *Philosophische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik und Wahrscheinlichkeit*. He was the doctoral advisor for Hilary Putnam, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Wesley C. Salmon. Reichenbach had a sibling named Bernhard Reichenbach.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1891
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 62
Top works
- From Copernicus to Einstein
- Ziele und Wege der physikalischen Erkenntnis
- Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1931
- Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit
- Philosophische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik und Wahrscheinlichkeit
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1891-09-26 ) September 26, 1891, Hamburg , German Empire
- Died
- April 9, 1953 (1953-04-09) (aged 61), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Education
- Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin , University of Göttingen , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , University of Erlangen (PhD, 1916), Technische Hochschule Stuttgart ( Dr. phil. hab. , 1920)
- Theses
- Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit (The Concept of Probability for the Mathematical Representation of Reality) (1916) The Theory of Relativity and A Priori Knowledge (Relativitätstheorie und Erkenntnis Apriori) (1920)
- Doctoral advisors
- Paul Hensel , Max Noether (PhD advisors)
- Other advisors
- Max Born , Ernst Cassirer , David Hilbert , Max Planck , Arnold Sommerfeld , Albert Einstein
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Analytic , Berlin Circle , Logical empiricism
- Institutions
- Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin , Istanbul University , UCLA
- Doctoral students
- Carl Gustav Hempel , Hilary Putnam , Wesley Salmon
- Main interests
- Philosophy of science
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Family name
- Reichenbach
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Native language
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Paul Hensel
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- H Reichenbach.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1891-09-26
- date of death
- 1953-04-09
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Hans Reichenbach (philosopher)
- name in native language
- Hans Reichenbach
- place of burial
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
- birth name
- Hans Friedrich Herbert Günther Reichenbach
- P8168
- Alabama
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- philosophy of science
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