Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Ernest Nagel papers
Nagel, Ernest, 1901-1985
Gödel, Kurt
Hempel, Carl G. (Carl Gustav), 1905-1997
Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989
Lazarsfeld, Paul F., 1901-1976
McGill, William J. (William James), 1922-1997
White, Morton, 1917-2016
4078453
MS#0915
English
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15 linear feet
37 boxes
1930-1988
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 11 series.
Restrictions on Access
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-37. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ernest Nagel papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Nagel, Ernest, 1980; Alexander and Sidney Nagel, 1988. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/25/88. Accession number--M-88-07-25.
Biographical sketch
Ernest Nagel (1901-1985), philosopher and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. Nagel received a B.S. (1923) from City College, and a M.A. (1925) and Ph.D. (1930) from Columbia. First appointed to Columbia's faculty in 1930, Nagel became John Dewey Professor of Philosophy in 1955 and University Professor in 1967.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Ernest Nagel, 1980; Alexander and Sidney Nagel, 1988.
Processing Information
Processed TC 11/01/88. HM 2/90 rev.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, notebooks, notes, teaching materials, subject files, clippings, printed materials and books of Ernest Nagel. Included among the correspondence are William J. Bennett, Rudolph Carnap, Kurt Gödel, Adolph Grünbaum, C. G. Hemple, Paul Lazarsfeld, William J. McGill and Morton White. The collection's manuscripts include most of Nagel's essays and articles as well as drafts of his major works, including "The Structure of Science" (1961). The teaching materials contain syllabi, reading lists and lecture plans from the philosophy courses Nagel taught at Columbia. The collection also includes numerous manuscripts and printed materials by other authors which were inscribed to Nagel. In addition, there are printed materials and printed books by Nagel at the end of the collection.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century
Philosophers
Series I: Cataloged CorrespondenceHook, Sidney1Santayana, George1Hu, Shi1Series II: Arranged CorrespondenceA - J1K - W1Bailey, Herbert S., Jr.1Bennett, William J.1Bentley, Arthur1Berenda, Carlton W.1Berkson, Joseph1Black, Max1Brandt, Richard1Bryson, Lyman1Carnap, Rudolf1Chroust, Anton-Hermann1Church, Alonzo1Cumming, Robert D.1Feigl, Herbert1Fraenkel, George K.1The Free Press1Gödel, Kurt1Grünbaum, Adolf1Harcourt, Brace and World1) - (2)1Hempel, C. G. ("Pete")1International Institute for the Unity of Science1Janus Books1Katz, Leo1Kolakowski, Leszek1Laudan, Larry1Lazarsfeld, Paul1McGill, William J.1Morgenbesser, Sidney1Nagel, Ernest(carbons, etc.1New York University Press1Parsons, Charles D.1Phi Delta Kappa Society1Purdom, Paul1Reichenbach, Hans.1Sovern, Michael1Toulmin, Stephen1White, Morton1Zeisel, Hans1Miscellaneous (1) - (3)2Series III: Arranged ManuscriptsAmerica Illustrated statement2Assumptions in Economic Theory2[Biographical portraits of philosophers]2Biology [incomplete]2Max Black (Encyclopedia of Philosophy)2G. Spencer Brown Probability and Scientific Inference.Review2A Budget of Problems in the Philosophy of Science2[Business school seminar]2Butler Gold Medal Speech19802Carnap's Theory of Induction (1) - (3)2Causal Inferences in the Social Sciences2Certainty in Natural Science2Changing Conceptions of Science2Charles Peirce's Place in Philosophy2The Cognitive Status of Theories2Cohen Week Celebration Speech2Columbia College Award Speech2Comments on John Dewey, Logic2Comment on Fuller, Human Purposes and Natural Law2Comments on Papers by Dr. Crombie and Father Clark2[Comments on Professor Holton]2[Comments on Professor Toulmin]2The Competence of Reason2Conference on Scientific Spirit2Creativity in Science2Current Critiques of Science as a Cumulative Enterprise2D'Amato on Law and Custom2The Debt We Owe to G. E. Moore2Definition and Specification of Meaning2[Encyclopedia entries]2Scope and ContentsTypescript encyclopedia-style entries about philosophers and philosophical concepts.
Determinism and Development2Dewey Lecture , Brandeis19593Dewey's Lectures on Ethical Theory3Dewey's Lectures on Logic3Dewey's Logic of Inquiry3Differentiation and Unification in the Natural Sciences3Dispositional Concepts3Do Life Processes Transcend Physics and Chemistry?3Eighth International Congress of Philosophy. Address3Encyclopedia Americana19543Encyclopedia Americana19583The Enforcement of Morals3Evidence as Justification3Experience and Probability.1st Draft.; 2nd Draft; 3rd Draft; 4th Draft; 5th Draft; 6th Draft; Final Draft (1) - (23Explanation and Structure of Scientific Knowledge3Fact, Value and Human Purpose3Fair Play and Civil Disobedience3The Formation of Modern Concepts of Formal Logic in the Development of Geometry (1) - (4)3Freedom and Authority in Scientific Method4Freedom and Civilization [Sakharov Conference]4A Frequency Theory of Probability (1) - (3)4Functionalism in the Social Sciences4Gšdel's Proof. 1st Draft.; 2nd Draft.; 3rd Draft.; 4th Draft.; 5th Draft.; 6th Draft. (1) - (2); 7th Draft.; 7th Draft. Revisions.; Final Draft4Ernest H. Hutten Language of Modern Physics.Review4Impossible Numbers -- A Chapter in the History of Modern Logic4Impressions of European Universities: The Nineteen-Thirties4[Indefiniteness]4Introduction to R. Condon, Probability.4Introduction to A. DeMorgan, Budget.4Introduction to Greenberg and Gershenson, Anaxagoras.4Introduction to A. Grünbaum4Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method.1st Draft. (1) - (34Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method2nd Draft. (1) - (6); 3rd Draft.5Introduction to J. S. Mill, Philosophy of Scientific Method.5Introduction to Watson, Understanding Physics.5Is Biology Different from Physics?5Is the Laplacian Theory of Probability Tenable?5Arnold Isenberg Tribute5Issues in the Logic of Reductive Explanations.5William James5Journal of the History of Biology. Comment.5The Judgment of Practise.5Krikorian Party Comments5Liberalism and Intelligence.5A Limitation of the Axiomatic Method.5Logic Without Metaphysics. Introduction.5Logical Empiricism -- Its Achievements and Its Promise.5Logical Positivism and A Priori Knowledge.5Logical vs. Psychological Problems of Induction.5Man's Right to Know and Free Use Thereof.5Mathematics: An Indispensable Tool of Physical InquiryReview5Mathematics: The Nature of Mathematicstelevision program5Mathematics: Paradoxestelevision program5Meaning and Knowledge. (1) - (2)6The Meaning of Probability.6Memorandum on Philosophy in Relation to the Sciences.6Method in Social and Natural Science.6Methodological Issues in Psychoanalytic Theory.6The Methods of Science.6Mill's Logic.6Mr. Wheelwright's Wisdom.6National Teach-In, Washington D.C. Address.6The Nature and Aim of Science.6Nature and Convention.6Nature, Man and Science.6The Nature of Scientific Explanation.6On the Origin of Dialectic and Syllogism in Greek Philosophy.6On the Interpretation of Probability Calculi.6On the Logic of Measurement. Chapter 3; Chapter 7.6On the Method of Verstehen as the Sole Method of Philosophy.6On Three Arguments in Support of Natural Law.6[Oral History Interview Transcript]6Peirce Review.6The Philosopher Looks at Science.6Philosophical Concepts of Atheism.6Philosophical Interpretations of Contemporary Biology.6Philosophical Problems in Biology.6Philosophy in Educational Research.6The Philosophy of Science.7The Philosophy of ScienceMay 19327Scope and Contents[Radio Lecture]
The Philosophy of Science, University of Delaware19617Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Education.7Philosophy of Science -- Assessment of Evidence.7The Place of Science in a Liberal Education.7Predictability and Scientific Knowledge.7Preference, Evaluation and Reflective Choice.7Princeton Conference5 Nov. 19657Probability (Logic).7Probability and Non-Demonstrative Inference.7The Problem of Induction.7The Quest for Uncertainty.7Rationality in Judicial Decisions.7Reduction and Autonomy of the Sciences.7Reductive Explanations and Scientific Revolutions.7A Rejoinder to Putnam.7The Relation Between the Social and the Natural Sciences.7The Relation of Sign to Object Signified.7Relativism and the Problems of a Working Historian.7Relativity and Twentieth-Century Intellectual Life.7Reply to "An Objective Probabilism."7The Rise of Modern Science.7Rorty Talk. CommentsSpring 19737Science and Culture, Bard College7Science and Culture7Scope and Contents[Phi Beta Kappa Society]
Science and Knowledge1st Draft and Notes (1) - (2); 2nd Draft.; Final Draft.7[Science and Mechanics] (1) - (2)8Science and Semantic Realism.8Science and the Humanities.8Science as a Way of Life.8Scientific AmericanReviews8Scientific Laws and Theories.8The Scientific Man.8The Scientific MethodJan. 19648Scientific Method19678The Scientific Revolution.8Sense and Nonsense -- A Modern Critique of Language.8The Social Import of Automatic Control.8The Social Sciences.8The Sociology of Knowledge and Philosophy of Science.8Some Current Issues. Introduction.8Some Issues in Teilhard's Theory of Cosmogenesis.8Some Leading Principles of Dewey's Logical Theory.8Some Notes on Determinism.8Some Reflections on Myth and Symbols in Science.8Some Reflections on the Use of Language in the Natural Sciences.8Some Theses in the Philosophy of Logic.8Sovereign Reason. Preliminary Introduction.8Sovereign Reason. (1) - (3)8State University Centennial Symposium.Speech.8The Structure of Evolutionary Explanations.8The Structure of Science.1st Draft. (1) - (6); 2nd Draft (1) - (39The Structure of Science.2nd Draft (4) - (8); 3rd Draft (1) - (810The Structure of Science.Publisher's Copy. (1) - (1111The Structure of Science.Corrected Galleys.12The Supremacy of Method13Teleology Revisited. (1) - (4)13Theory and Observation13Truth and Certainty in Science13Types of Causal Explanations in Science13The Universe and the Paradox of Relevance13Verifiability, Truth, Verification13What Do Communists Understand by Marxism-Leninism?13Wittgenstein13Unidentified Mss. (1) - (2)13Unidentified Mss. (3) - (4)14Miscellaneous Introductions14Miscellaneous Book Reviews (1) - (10)14Series IV: Speeches and LecturesOn index cards15Series V: NotebooksAlgebravols16Bolzano16Cornford, F. M. From Religion to Philosophy.16Logic 101-1021931-193216Logic 101-1021932-193316Logic 101-1021933-193416Mathematicsvolumes16Philosophy Review16Tarskivols16Miscellaneousspiral notebooks16Series VI: NotesAlgebra (1) - (2)17[City College]17Civilization and Progress17Cohen and Natural Law17Concept Formation in the Social Sciences17Dewey: Types of Logical Theory17Ethics17[Geometry]17History and the Social Sciences17C. J. KEYSE, Modern Geometry17Logic (1) - (2)17The Logic of Economic Analysis17Mathematics (1) - (2)17N. P. MEAD, The World War & Division and Reunion.17[Organizations]17Probability17The Problems of Evolutionary Theory18Salmon's "Statistical Relevance" Model18Reichenbach, Hans.18Richardson, Lewis F.18Miscellaneous (1) - (3)18Series VII: Teaching MaterialsAnatomy of Biological Thought. (1) - (2)18Conceptions and Critiques of Reason.18Contemporary Philosophical Problems.18Explanatory Methods of Empirical Science.18Foundations of Modern Physical Science.18Hebrew University of Jerusalem.18History of Biology.18Hull, C. L.18Jurisprudence.18Legal Philosophy Seminar. 1959-1969; Spring 196218Legal Philosophy SeminarAutumn 1962; 963; Fall 1965; Fall 1967; Autumn 1968; Fall 1970; Fall 1971; Fall 197219Legal Philosophy Seminar Related Materials.19Logic (1) - (4)19Logic (1) - (5)1937-193819Logic1941-195019Logic194320Logic1951-195220Logic. Examinations.20Logic. Related Materials. (1) - (2)20Logic in Practice.(1) - (2)20Logic of Social Inquiry1953; 195420Related Materials.20Logic of Social Research1955; 1956; 1957; 1959; 1961; 196420Logic of Social research. Related Materials20Logical Theory (1) - (2)1948-194921Logical Theory1952-1953.21Nineteenth Century Philosophies of Science21Philosophy Examinations. (1) - (3)21Philosophy of Civilization.21Philosophy of Language. (1) - (3)21Philosophy of LawSpring 1963; Spring 1978.21Philosophy of Law. Examinations.21Philosophy of LawReading Lists.22Philosophy of Law. Related Materials (1) - (6)22Philosophy of Mathematics. (1) - (5)22Philosophy of Mathematics. (6) - (10)23Philosophy of Mathematics (1) - (5)195723Philosophy of Science.24Philosophy of Science1943.; 1950.; 1954.; 1958.24Philosophy of Science Seminar1961.24Philosophy of Science Seminar (1) - (2)1968; 1971.24Philosophy of Science. Related Materials.24Probability and Induction. (1) - (6)24Reading Lists.25Science and Imagination.25Scientific Methods and Stages in Their Historical Development25Swarthmore College HonorsExaminations.25Theory of Knowledge1951.; 1954.25Theory of Knowledge1955; 1956; 1966.25Related Materials. (1) - (3)25Theory of Meaning.25Theory of Value. [University Seminar]25The Thought of the Nineteenth Century. (1) - (3)25Turning Points in the History of Science.25University of Melbourne.25Miscellaneous25Series VIII: Subject FilesAcademy of Humanism.26Agriculture, Department of26American Academy of Arts and Sciences.26American Economic Association Conference.26American Friends of Hebrew University.26American Philosophical Society.26American Philosophical Society. Annual Meeting196426American University. Hurst Philosophy Lecture.26Bibliographic References.26The British Academy.26Carnap, Rudolf.26Carus Lectures.26Catholic University of America.26Columbia University Lectures197326Conference for Federal Science Executives.26Cooper Union.26Descartes Tricentenary.26John DEWEY Foundation. (1) - (3)26John DEWEY Foundation. Essay Project; Minutes.27Edel Festschrift.27Educational Policies Commission.27Einstein Centennial.27Einstein College Colloquium.27Encyclopedia of the Twentieth Century.27Fordham University Conference196527Philipp FRANK Dinner.27Freiss, Horace L.27Gšdel, Kurt.27Gšdel's Proof.27Harvard Commencement1966.27Haverford College Institute.27KQED Computer Series. (1)27KQED Computer Series. (2)28Journal of Philosophy Notes on Tadeuxz KOTARBINSKI Translation.28Paul F. LAZARSFELD Fund.28Logic of Historical Explanation. Conference. (1) - (2)28Logical Positivism. Conference.28Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science.28Morgenbesser Festschrift.28Nagel Speech Announcements.28National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council. (1) - (2)28National Academy of Sciences National Research Council. (3)29National Endowment for the Humanities.29National Endowment for the Humanities. Interdisciplinary Institute.29National Science Foundation.29New School for Social Research.29Charles PEIRCE Colloquium.29Charles PEIRCE Colloquium. Related Items.29Phi Delta Kappa Symposium on Educational Research.29Philosophy of Education Society.29Philosophy of Science Association (1) - (2)29Princeton University.29Randall, J. H.30Reichenbach, Hans.30Rockefeller Foundation Grant30Andrei SAKHAROV Conference198130Science, Philosophy and Religion Symposium196530Scientific Frontiers and their Interaction with Society.30Smith College. Science Committee.30Solow, Herbert.30Sterling Forest Conference Program.30The Tamiment Institute (1) - (2)30Teleology Revisited.30University Center in Virginia30University of Chicago. Conceptual Foundations of Science.30Venuxem Lectures.30Miscellaneous.30Clippings.30Series IX: Manuscripts inscribed to E. NagelA - M31S - W32Series X: Printed MaterialsPrinted Books inscribed to Nagel33Printed Books inscribed to Nagel34Printed Books inscribed to Nagel35Printed Materials and Printed Books by Nagel36Series XI: 1989 AdditionSubseries XI.1: Introduction to Logic and Scientific MethodVariant Draft-ver. 1a.m.s. (137Variant Draft-ver. 2t.m.s.(237Variant Draft-ver. 2, exercises and analyticindex t.m.s. (carbon) (337Variant Draft-ver. 2, carbont.m.s. (carbon) (437Subseries XI.2: NotesMiscellaneous37Subseries XI.3: Teaching MaterialsGrade Book for Philosophy Courses37