Nelson Goodman

Person · Open Library

Born

1906

Works

25

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1909-05-30

Active to

1986-06-13

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 36,455x

2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,613x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,776x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,955x

5. <tt>emcee</tt>: The MCMC Hammer

   · 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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