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Hans Reichenbach

1891 - 1953

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Hans Reichenbach (; German: [ˈʁaɪçənbax]; September 26, 1891 – April 9, 1953) was a leading philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism. He founded the Gesellschaft für empirische Philosophie (Society for Empirical Philosophy) in Berlin in 1928, also known as the "Berlin Circle". Carl Gustav Hempel, Richard von Mises, David Hilbert and Kurt Grelling all became members of the Berlin Circle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Reichenbach is the 451st most popular philosopher (up from 470th in 2019), the 1,166th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,234th in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hans Reichenbach ranks 451 out of 1,267. Before him are Ernesto Laclau, Martha Nussbaum, Lucilio Vanini, Ge Hong, Jyotirao Phule, and Dhul-Nun al-Misri. After him are Linji Yixuan, Alain de Lille, Henry Suso, Phaedo of Elis, Murray Bookchin, and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Hans Reichenbach ranks 40. Before him are Jose P. Laurel, Shukri al-Quwatli, Michael Chekhov, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Antonio Segni, and Yrjö Väisälä. After him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Arthur Drewry, Max Amann, Grant Wood, Yevhen Konovalets, and Bronislava Nijinska. Among people deceased in 1953, Hans Reichenbach ranks 27. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Robert A. Taft, Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Lewis Fry Richardson. After him are Alice Prin, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Vera Mukhina, Nobuyuki Abe, Lionel Logue, and Otto Meissner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Reichenbach ranks 1,166 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), Johann Mattheson (1681), and Dagmar of Bohemia (1186). After him are Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225), Julius Richard Petri (1852), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624), and Johannes Frießner (1892).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hans Reichenbach ranks 55. Before him are Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Karl Rahner (1904), Moses Hess (1812), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Gershom Scholem (1897), and Christian Thomasius (1655). After him are Henry Suso (1295), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Paul Natorp (1854), Leo Strauss (1899), and Ernst Troeltsch (1865).

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