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Herbert Feigl: 1902-1988

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

C. Wade Savage
C. Wade Savage*
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University of Minnesota
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Herbert Feigl was born December 14, 1902 in Reichenberg, Austria, and he died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 1,1988. His wife, Maria, followed him in death on February 13,1989. He is survived by a son, Eric O. Feigl, who is professor of physiology at the University of Washington.

Feigl's parents were Jewish but not religious; indeed, his father was an outspoken atheist. His father was a weaver and later an influential textile manufacturer, who would have preferred the son to become an industrial chemist. His mother was a devotee of the arts and an amateur pianist, who would play Beethoven sonatas over and over at the young son's request. His high school interests were philosophy, science fiction, physics, and chemistry (which was his major). Moritz Schlick became his favorite philosopher after he read the latter's Allgemeine Erkenntnisslehre. His chief intellectual hero was Einstein.

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Part II. Herbert Feigl Remembered
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1988 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1988 , 1988 , pp. 15 - 22
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Copyright © 1989 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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