Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American philosopher, the 'new riddle of induction' and nominalism
1906, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States — 1998, Needham, Massachusetts, United States
United States
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Goodman was an American philosopher who posed the 'new riddle of induction' (the grue paradox) and developed influential views in nominalism, the philosophy of science and aesthetics, notably in Languages of Art. He was born into a Jewish family and was Jewish. His work profoundly shaped analytic philosophy in the twentieth century.
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American philosopher, the 'new riddle of induction' and nominalism
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