Nelson Goodman (1906-1998).
American philosopher, born in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1941.
He taught at Tufts (1945-46), the University of Pennsylvania (1946–64), and Brandeis University (1964–67) before becoming professor of philosophy at Harvard (1967).
A proponent of nominalism, he has worked with theories of inductive logic and helped to identify strategic problems in many areas of philosophy.
He has argued that philosophy should work to give precise structural descriptions of the world.
His work on representationalism has involved analysis of visual arts, musical notation, and maps.
He died in december 1998, at the age of 92, after a long illness.
Table of Contents
- 1 Major Works of Nelson Goodman
- 2 Videos
- 3 Related Products
- 3.1 Ways of Worldmaking
- 3.2 Languages of Art
- 3.3 Fact, Fiction, and Forecast: Fourth Edition
- 3.4 Cultural Ways of Worldmaking (Concepts for the Study of Culture)
- 3.5 Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences (Hackett Readings in Philosophy)
- 3.6 Jewish Religious and Philosophical Ethics (Routledge Jewish Studies Series)
- 3.7 Of Mind and Other Matters
- 3.8 With Reference to Reference
- 3.9 The Structure of Appearance (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
- 3.10 Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society (New York Review Books Classics)
Major Works of Nelson Goodman
The Structure of Appearance (1951)
– Languages of Art (1968)
– Problems and Projects (1971)
– Ways of Worldmaking (1978),
– Fact, Fiction and Forecast
– Of Mind and Other Matters (1984)
– Reconceptions in Philosophy, with Catherine Elgin (1988)
Videos
Ways of Worldmaking
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- Goodman, Nelson (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 160 Pages - 06/15/1978 (Publication Date) - Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
Languages of Art
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- Goodman, Nelson (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 296 Pages - 06/01/1976 (Publication Date) - Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast: Fourth Edition
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Cultural Ways of Worldmaking (Concepts for the Study of Culture)
- English (Publication Language)
- 372 Pages - 06/20/2016 (Publication Date) - De Gruyter (Publisher)
Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences (Hackett Readings in Philosophy)
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- Hardcover Book
- Goodman, Nelson (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 188 Pages - 04/15/1988 (Publication Date) - Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
Jewish Religious and Philosophical Ethics (Routledge Jewish Studies Series)
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- English (Publication Language)
- 259 Pages - 10/16/2017 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
Of Mind and Other Matters
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- Goodman, Nelson (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 222 Pages - 01/31/1984 (Publication Date) - Harvard University Press (Publisher)
With Reference to Reference
- Elgin, Catherine Z. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 208 Pages - 01/01/1983 (Publication Date) - Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (Publisher)
The Structure of Appearance (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
- Goodman, Nelson (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 348 Pages - 09/30/1977 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society (New York Review Books Classics)
- Goodman, Paul (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 312 Pages - 09/11/2012 (Publication Date) - NYRB Classics (Publisher)
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