Nelson Goodman Philosopher

Henry Nelson Goodman (/ˈɡʊdmən/; 7 August 1906 – 25 November 1998) was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.

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Birth date	August 07, 1906
Birth place	Somerville Massachusetts
Date of death	November 25, 1998
Place of death	Needham Massachusetts
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Aesthetics Inductive reasoning Philosophy of language Counterfactual conditional Philosophy of science Mereology Logic

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influenced	Noam Chomsky Jerry Fodor Stanley Cavell Kendall Walton Israel Scheffler Willard Van Orman Quine Hilary Putnam
influenced by	David Hume Immanuel Kant Rudolf Carnap Willard Van Orman Quine Carl Gustav Hempel
notable idea	New riddle of induction
philosophical school	Analytic philosophy