Max Black (24 February 1909, Baku, Russian Empire [present-day Azerbaijan] – 27 August 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished British-American philosopher, who was a leading influence in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Baku (Bakı sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakü, is the capital the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Analytic philosophy (sometimes analytical philosophy) is a generic term for a style of Philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century The twentieth century of the Common Era began on 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. Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature origins and usage of Language. The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of Philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions foundations and implications of Mathematics. Philosophy of science is the study of assumptions foundations and implications of Science. Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege ( 8 November 1848, Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin &ndash 26 July 1925 His translation (with Peter Geach) of Frege's published philosophical writing is a classic text. Peter Thomas Geach (giːtʃ born 29 March 1916) is a British philosopher
Black was born in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South He grew up in London, England, where his family had moved in 1912, when Black was three years old. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He studied mathematics at Queens' College, Cambridge where he developed an interest in the philosophy of mathematics. Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of Philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions foundations and implications of Mathematics. Russell, Wittgenstein, G. E. Moore, and Ramsey were all at Cambridge at that time, and their influence on Black may have been considerable. Bertrand Arthur William Russell 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970 was a British Philosopher, Historian "GE Moore" redirects here For the cofounder of Intel see Gordon Moore. Frank Plumpton Ramsey ( February 22, 1903 – January 19, 1930) was a British Mathematician who in addition to
He graduated in 1930 and was awarded a fellowship to study at Göttingen for a year. Göttingen ( ˈgœtɪŋən, Low German: Chöttingen is a College town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
From 1931–36, he was mathematics master at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. See Royal Grammar School for the other schools with the name RGS
His first book was The nature of mathematics (1933), an exposition of Principia Mathematica and of current developments in the philosophy of mathematics. The Principia Mathematica is a 3-volume work on the Foundations of mathematics, written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
Black had made notable contributions to the metaphysics of identity. In Philosophy, identity (also called sameness) is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable in terms of possessing a set of qualities or characteristics In his "The Identity of Indiscernibles", Black presents an objection to Leibniz' Law by means of a hypothetical in which he conceives two distinct spheres having exactly the same properties. The identity of indiscernibles is an ontological principle which states that two or more objects or entities are identical (are one and the same entity
He lectured in mathematics at the Institute of Education in London from 1936 to 1940. The Institute of Education ( IoE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to Postgraduate study and research in the field of In 1940 he moved to the United States and joined Philosophy Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of In 1946 he accepted a professorship in philosophy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1948, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Naturalization is the acquisition of Citizenship or Nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born
His brother was the architect Sir Misha Black. Sir Misha Black ( 16 October 1910 - 11 October 1977) was an Azerbaijan -born British architect and designer
Representative works
- Black, Max (1937). "Vagueness: An exercise in logical analysis". Philosophy of Science 4: 427–455. Reprinted in R. Keefe, P. Smith (eds. ): Vagueness: A Reader, MIT Press 1997, ISBN 978-0262611459
- Black, Max (1954). “Metaphor,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 55, pp. 273–294.
- Black, Max (1962). Models and metaphors: Studies in language and philosophy, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- Black, Max (1979). “More about Metaphor,” in A. Ortony (ed): Metaphor & Thought.
References
- Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume English-language Encyclopedia of the Jewish people and their faith Judaism.
External links
- Biography at the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
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