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Max Black

British-American philosopher · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1909 to 1988 · aged 79

Max Black was a Russian-born British-American philosopher who was a leading figure in analytic philosophy in the years after World War II.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1950
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies of the work of philosophers such as Frege. His translation of Frege's published philosophical writing is a classic text.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1988 · aged 79