Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906
- Works
- 25
Top works
- De Vienne à Cambridge
- Sprachen der Kunst
- Twisted tales; or, story, study and symphony
- Fact, fiction and forecast
- The structure of appearance
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-05-30
- Active to
- 1986-06-13
bandleaderbig bandclarinetistclassicalcomposerjazz
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2013 · cited 12,237x
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Key facts
- Born
- Henry Nelson Goodman , August 7, 1906, Somerville , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- November 25, 1998 (1998-11-25) (aged 92), Needham , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA , PhD )
- Thesis
- A Study of Qualities (1941)
- Doctoral advisor
- C. I. Lewis
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Analytic , Nominalism
- Institutions
- University of Pennsylvania , Harvard University
- Doctoral students
- Herbert G. Bohnert , Israel Scheffler
- Notable students
- Sylvain Bromberger , Noam Chomsky , Sydney Morgenbesser , Hilary Putnam , Stephen Stich
- Main interests
- Logic , epistemology , metaphysics , induction , counterfactuals , mereology , aesthetics , philosophy of science , philosophy of language
- Notable ideas
- New riddle of induction , Goodman–Leonard calculus of individuals, counterfactual conditional , Goodman's method , languages of art , irrealism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nelson
- Family name
- Goodman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Somerville
- Place of death
- Needham
- Occupation
- gallerist
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Tufts University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
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- date of death
- 1998-11-25
- date of birth
- 1906-08-07
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Nelson Goodman
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry Nelson Goodman (7 August 1906 – 25 November 1998) was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.
Life and career
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