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Born January 18, 1908 • Poland
Died August 22, 1974 (aged 66) • East Hampton • New York
Notable Works “Science and Human Values” • “The Common Sense of Science” • “The Identity of Man”
Subjects Of Study science • cultural evolution • ethics • philosophical anthropology • philosophy of science
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Henri Poincaré, 1909.
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John Stuart Mill
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Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
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