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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.
Nov 21, 2014 · Nelson Goodman (1906–1998) was one of the most influential twentieth-century American philosophers. Goodman’s philosophical interests ranged from formal logic and the philosophy of science to the philosophy of art.
May 7, 2005 · Goodman’s Aesthetics. Nelson Goodman has certainly been one of the most influential figures in contemporary aesthetics and analytic philosophy in general (in addition to aesthetics, his contributions cover the areas of applied logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science).
A few clips of Nelson Goodman discussing symbols, art, and aesthetics. This comes from a 1989 interview given in Rome which can be found here: https://youtu....
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Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) Alistair MacFarlane contemplates a philosopher who spoke the languages of art. Nelson Goodman broke through a barrier that had separated art from science and logic.
In the mid-20th century, Nelson Goodman, a philosopher of science and of language, and Willard Van Orman Quine, a logician, have championed a modern nominalism that specifically rejects classes—Goodman for their being “nonindividuals” and Quine for their being “abstract entities.”
Jul 8, 2021 · In this interview, Nelson Goodman begins by discussing induction and his famous contribution to the problem of induction, then his non-realist notion of 'worldmaking' which replaces the ...
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