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Adolf Grünbaum

Philosophy of Science

Adolf Grünbaum was a German American philosopher of science and a critic of both psychoanalysis and Karl Popper's philosophy of science. He was the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, a post he held from 1960 until his death, and he also served as co-chairman of the university's Center for Philosophy of Science from 1978, as research professor of psychiatry from 1979, and as primary research professor in the department of history and philosophy of science from 2006. His works include Philosophical Problems of Space and Time (1963), The Foundations of Psychoanalysis (1984), and Validation in the Clinical Theory of Psychoanalysis (1993).

Facts
Birth Year
1923 1
Defining Moment
Became founding director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science 1
Birth Date
1923-05-15 1
Notable Publication
Philosophical Problems of Space and Time (1963) 1
Office Held
First Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh 1
Death Year
2018 1
Death Date
2018-11-15 1
Birthplace
Cologne, Prussia 1
Death Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. 1
Tradition
Analytic 1
Classification
Nationality
Germany 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Analytic 1
Connections

In Branch

Philosophy of Physics, Branches of Philosophy
Source Wikipedia: Adolf Grünbaum
Philosophy of Science, Branches of Philosophy
Source Wikipedia: Adolf Grünbaum

In Tradition

Analytic Philosophy, Schools of Philosophy
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Germany

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Originated In

Germany

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Source Wikipedia: Adolf GrünbaumLead sentence 1
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Adolf Grünbaum (; German: [ˈɡʁyːnbaʊm]; May 15, 1923 – November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher of science and a critic of both psychoanalysis and Karl Popper's philosophy of science.
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1. Wikipedia: Adolf Grünbaum
  • Lead paragraph, birth year
    May 15, 1923
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1923-05-15
  • Lead paragraph, death year
    November 15, 2018
  • Infobox, death_date
    2018-11-15
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Cologne, Prussia
  • Infobox, death_place
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Infobox, school_tradition
    Analytic
  • Lead paragraph, works sentence
    His works include Philosophical Problems of Space and Time (1963)
  • Life and career, Andrew Mellon Professor sentence
    he became the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy
  • Life and career, Center for Philosophy of Science sentence
    he also became the founding director of that University's Center for Philosophy of Science
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Adolf Grünbaum (; German: [ˈɡʁyːnbaʊm]; May 15, 1923, November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher of science and a critic of both psychoanalysis and Karl Popper's philosophy of science.
  • In Branch: Philosophy of Science, Infobox: main_interests
    Philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of psychoanalysis
  • In Branch: Philosophy of Physics, Infobox: main_interests
    Philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of psychoanalysis
  • In Group: Analytic Philosophy Of Science, Lead
    Adolf Grünbaum (; German: [ˈɡʁyːnbaʊm]; May 15, 1923, November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher of science and a critic of both psychoanalysis and Karl Popper's philosophy of science.
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