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.
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects.
Restrictions on Use: Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Provenance: Gift of Ernest Nagel, 1980
Gift of Alexander and Sidney Nagel, 1988
Processing History: Processed by TC 8/88
HM 2/90 rev.
Microfilm Information: No material on microfilm
Physical Loaction: In sequence
RLIN ID: NYCR88-A107
Box 1. Cataloged Correspondence
Hook, Sidney Santayana, George Shi, Hu
Arranged Correspondence
A - J
K - W
Bailey, Herbert S., Jr.
Bennett, William J.
Bentley, Arthur
Berenda, Carlton W.
Berkson, Joseph
Black, Max
Brandt, Richard
Bryson, Lyman
Carnap, Rudolf
Chroust, Anton-Hermann
Church, Alonzo
Cumming, Robert D.
Feigl, Herbert
Fraenkel, George K.
The Free Press
Gdel, Kurt
Grnbaum, Adolf
Harcourt, Brace and World (1) - (2)
Hempel, C. G. ("Pete")
International Institute for the Unity of Science
Janus Books
Katz, Leo
Kolakowski, Leszek
Laudan, Larry
Lazarsfeld, Paul
McGill, William J.
Morgenbesser, Sidney
Nagel, Ernest (carbons, etc.)
New York University Press
Parsons, Charles D.
Phi Delta Kappa Society
Purdom, Paul
Reichenbach, Hans.
Sovern, Michael
Toulmin, Stephen
White, Morton
Zeisel, Hans
Box 2. Arranged Correspondence
Miscellaneous (1) - (3)
Manuscripts.
America Illustrated statement
Assumptions in Economic Theory
[Biographical portraits of philosophers]
Biology [incomplete]
Max BLACK (Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
G. Spencer BROWN, Probability and Scientific Inference. (Review)
A Budget of Problems in the Philosophy of Science
[Business school seminar]
Butler Gold Medal Speech (1980)
Carnap's Theory of Induction (1) - (3)
Causal Inferences in the Social Sciences
Certainty in Natural Science
Changing Conceptions of Science
Charles Peirce's Place in Philosophy
The Cognitive Status of Theories
Cohen Week Celebration Speech
Columbia College Award Speech
Comments on John Dewey, Logic
Comment on Fuller, Human Purposes and Natural Law
Comments on Papers by Dr. Crombie and Father Clark
[Comments on Professor Holton]
[Comments on Professor Toulmin]
The Competence of Reason
Conference on Scientific Spirit
Creativity in Science
Current Critiques of Science as a Cumulative Enterprise
D'Amato on Law and Custom
The Debt We Owe to G. E. Moore
Definition and Specification of Meaning
Determinism and Development
Box 3. Manuscripts
Dewey Lecture (Brandeis, 1959)
Dewey's Lectures on Ethical Theory
Dewey's Lectures on Logic
Dewey's Logic of Inquiry
Differentiation and Unification in the Natural Sciences
Dispositional Concepts
Do Life Processes Transcend Physics and Chemistry?
Eighth International Congress of Philosophy. Address
Encyclopedia Americana (1954)
Encyclopedia Americana (1958)
The Enforcement of Morals
Evidence as Justification
Experience and Probability. 1st Draft.
2nd Draft
3rd Draft
4th Draft
5th Draft
6th Draft
Final Draft (1) - (2)
Explanation and Structure of Scientific Knowledge
Fact, Value and Human Purpose
Fair Play and Civil Disobedience
The Formation of Modern Concepts of Formal Logic in the Development of Geometry (1) - (4)
Box 4. Manuscripts
Freedom and Authority in Scientific Method
Freedom and Civilization [Sakharov Conference]
A Frequency Theory of Probability (1) - (3)
Functionalism in the Social Sciences
Gdel's Proof. 1st Draft.
2nd Draft.
3rd Draft.
4th Draft.
5th Draft.
6th Draft. (1) - (2)
7th Draft.
7th Draft. Revisions.
Final Draft
Ernest H. HUTTEN, Language of Modern Physics. (Review)
Impossible Numbers -- A Chapter in the History of Modern Logic
Impressions of European Universities: The Nineteen-Thirties
[Indefiniteness]
Introduction to R. Condon, Probability.
Introduction to A. DeMorgan, Budget.
Introduction to Greenberg and Gershenson, Anaxagoras.
Introduction to A. Grnbaum
Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. 1st Draft. (1) - (3)
Box 5. Manuscripts
Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. 2nd Draft. (1) - (6)
3rd Draft.
Introduction to J. S. Mill, Philosophy of Scientific Method.
Introduction to Watson, Understanding Physics.
Is Biology Different from Physics?
Is the Laplacian Theory of Probability Tenable?
Arnold ISENBERG Tribute
Issues in the Logic of Reductive Explanations.
William JAMES
Journal of the History of Biology. Comment.
The Judgment of Practise.
Krikorian Party Comments
Liberalism and Intelligence.
A Limitation of the Axiomatic Method.
Logic Without Metaphysics. Introduction.
Logical Empiricism -- Its Achievements and Its Promise.
Logical Positivism and A Priori Knowledge.
Logical vs. Psychological Problems of Induction.
Man's Right to Know and Free Use Thereof.
Mathematics: An Indispensable Tool of Physical Inquiry (Review)
Mathematics: The Nature of Mathematics (television program)
Mathematics: Paradoxes (television program)
Box 6. Manuscripts
Meaning and Knowledge. (1) - (2)
The Meaning of Probability.
Memorandum on Philosophy in Relation to the Sciences.
Method in Social and Natural Science.
Methodological Issues in Psychoanalytic Theory.
The Methods of Science.
Mill's Logic.
Mr. Wheelwright's Wisdom.
National Teach-In, Washington D.C. Address.
The Nature and Aim of Science.
Nature and Convention.
Nature, Man and Science.
The Nature of Scientific Explanation.
On the Origin of Dialectic and Syllogism in Greek Philosophy.
On the Interpretation of Probability Calculi.
On the Logic of Measurement. Chapter 3.
Chapter 7.
On the Method of Verstehen as the Sole Method of Philosophy.
On Three Arguments in Support of Natural Law.
[Oral History Interview Transcript]
Peirce Review.
The Philosopher Looks at Science.
Philosophical Concepts of Atheism.
Philosophical Interpretations of Contemporary Biology.
Philosophical Problems in Biology.
Philosophy in Educational Research.
Box 7. Manuscripts
The Philosophy of Science.
The Philosophy of Science. (Radio Lecture, May 1932)
The Philosophy of Science. (University of Delaware, 1961)
Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Education.
Philosophy of Science -- Assessment of Evidence.
The Place of Science in a Liberal Education.
Predictability and Scientific Knowledge.
Preference, Evaluation and Reflective Choice.
Princeton Conference (5 Nov. 1965)
Probability (Logic).
Probability and Non-Demonstrative Inference.
The Problem of Induction.
The Quest for Uncertainty.
Rationality in Judicial Decisions.
Reduction and Autonomy of the Sciences.
Reductive Explanations and Scientific Revolutions.
A Rejoinder to Putnam.
The Relation Between the Social and the Natural Sciences.
The Relation of Sign to Object Signified.
Relativism and the Problems of a Working Historian.
Relativity and Twentieth-Century Intellectual Life.
Reply to "An Objective Probabilism."
The Rise of Modern Science.
Rorty Talk. Comments. (Spring 1973)
Science and Culture. (Bard College)
Science and Culture. (Phi Beta Kappa Society)
Science and Knowledge. 1st Draft and Notes (1) - (2)
2nd Draft.
Final Draft.
Box 8. Manuscripts
[Science and Mechanics] (1) - (2)
Science and Semantic Realism.
Science and the Humanities.
Science as a Way of Life.
Scientific American (Reviews)
Scientific Laws and Theories.
The Scientific Man.
The Scientific Method. (Jan. 1964)
Scientific Method. (1967)
The Scientific Revolution.
Sense and Nonsense -- A Modern Critique of Language.
The Social Import of Automatic Control.
The Social Sciences.
The Sociology of Knowledge and Philosophy of Science.
Some Current Issues. Introduction.
Some Issues in Teilhard's Theory of Cosmogenesis.
Some Leading Principles of Dewey's Logical Theory.
Some Notes on Determinism.
Some Reflections on Myth and Symbols in Science.
Some Reflections on the Use of Language in the Natural Sciences.
Some Theses in the Philosophy of Logic.
Sovereign Reason. Preliminary Introduction.
Sovereign Reason. (1) - (3)
State University Centennial Symposium. Speech.
The Structure of Evolutionary Explanations.
Box 9. Manuscripts
The Structure of Science. 1st Draft. (1) - (6)
2nd Draft (1) - (3)
Box 10. Manuscripts
The Structure of Science. 2nd Draft (4) - (8)
3rd Draft (1) - (8)
Box 11. Manuscripts
The Structure of Science. Publisher's Copy. (1) - (11)
Box 12. Manuscripts
The Structure of Science. Corrected Galleys.
Box 13. Manuscripts
The Supremacy of Method
Teleology Revisited. (1) - (4)
Theory and Observation
Truth and Certainty in Science
Types of Causal Explanations in Science
The Universe and the Paradox of Relevance
Verifiability, Truth, Verification
What Do Communists Understand by Marxism-Leninism?
Wittgenstein
Unidentified Mss. (1) - (2)
Box 14. Manuscripts
Unidentified Mss. (3) - (4)
Miscellaneous Introductions
Miscellaneous Book Reviews (1) - (10)
Box 15. Speeches and Lectures (on index cards)
Box 16. Notebooks
Algebra (4 vols)
Bolzano
Cornford, F. M. From Religion to Philosophy.
Logic 101-102 (1931-1932)
Logic 101-102 (1932-1933)
Logic 101-102 (1933-1934)
Mathematics (3 vols.)
Philosophy Review
Tarski (2 vols.)
Miscellaneous (3 spiral notebooks)
Box 17. Notes
Algebra (1) - (2)
[City College]
Civilization and Progress
Cohen and Natural Law
Concept Formation in the Social Sciences
Dewey: Types of Logical Theory
Ethics
[Geometry]
History and the Social Sciences
C. J. KEYSE, Modern Geometry
Logic (1) - (2)
The Logic of Economic Analysis
Mathematics (1) - (2)
N. P. MEAD, The World War & Division and Reunion.
[Organizations]
Probability
Box 18. Notes
The Problems of Evolutionary Theory
Salmon's "Statistical Relevance" Model
Reichenbach, Hans.
Richardson, Lewis F.
Miscellaneous (1) - (3)
Teaching Materials
Anatomy of Biological Thought. (1) - (2)
Conceptions and Critiques of Reason.
Contemporary Philosophical Problems.
Explanatory Methods of Empirical Science.
Foundations of Modern Physical Science.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
History of Biology.
Hull, C. L.
Jurisprudence.
Legal Philosophy Seminar. 1959-1969
Spring 1962
Box 19. Teaching Materials
Legal Philosophy Seminar. Autumn 1962
1963
Fall 1965
Fall 1967
Autumn 1968
Fall 1970
Fall 1971
Fall 1972
Related Materials.
Logic (1) - (4)
Logic (1937-1938) (1) - (5)
Logic (1941-1950)
Box 20. Teaching Materials
Logic (1943).
Logic (1951-1952).
Logic. Examinations.
Logic. Related Materials. (1) - (2)
Logic in Practice.(1) - (2)
Logic of Social Inquiry. 1953
1954
Related Materials.
Logic of Social Research. 1955
1956
1957
1959
1961
1964
Related Materials
Box 21. Teaching Materials
Logical Theory. 1948-1949 (1) - (2)
Logical Theory. 1952-1953.
Nineteenth Century Philosophies of Science
Philosophy Examinations. (1) - (3)
Philosophy of Civilization.
Philosophy of Language. (1) - (3)
Philosophy of Law. Spring 1963.
Spring 1978.
Examinations.
Box 22. Teaching Materials
Philosophy of Law. Reading Lists.
Related Materials (1) - (6)
Philosophy of Mathematics. (1) - (5)
Box 23. Teaching Materials
Philosophy of Mathematics. (6) - (10)
Philosophy of Mathematics. 1957. (1) - (5)
Box 24. Teaching Materials
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of Science. 1943.
1950.
1954.
1958.
Philosophy of Science Seminar. 1961.
Philosophy of Science Seminar. 1968. (1) - (2)
1971.
Related Materials.
Probability and Induction. (1) - (6)
Box 25. Teaching Materials
Reading Lists.
Science and Imagination.
Scientific Methods and Stages in Their Historical Development
Swarthmore College. Honors Examinations.
Theory of Knowledge. 1951.
1954.
Theory of Knowledge. 1955.
1956.
1966.
Related Materials. (1) - (3)
Theory of Meaning.
Theory of Value. [University Seminar]
The Thought of the Nineteenth Century. (1) - (3)
Turning Points in the History of Science.
University of Melbourne.
Miscellaneous
Box 26. Subject Files
Academy of Humanism.
Agriculture, Department of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
American Economic Association Conference.
American Friends of Hebrew University.
American Philosophical Society.
American Philosophical Society. Annual Meeting (1964).
American University. Hurst Philosophy Lecture.
Bibliographic References.
The British Academy.
Carnap, Rudolf.
Carus Lectures.
Catholic University of America.
Columbia University. Lectures (1973)
Conference for Federal Science Executives.
Cooper Union.
Descartes Tricentenary.
John DEWEY Foundation. (1) - (3)
Box 27. Subject Files.
John DEWEY Foundation. Essay Project.
Minutes.
Edel Festschrift.
Educational Policies Commission.
Einstein Centennial.
Einstein College Colloquium.
Encyclopedia of the Twentieth Century.
Fordham University Conference (1965).
Philipp FRANK Dinner.
Freiss, Horace L.
Gdel, Kurt.
Gdel's Proof.
Harvard Commencement, 1966.
Haverford College Institute.
KQED Computer Series. (1)
Box 28. Subject Files
KQED Computer Series. (2)
Journal of Philosophy, Notes on
Tadeuxz KOTARBINSKI Translation.
Paul F. LAZARSFELD Fund.
Logic of Historical Explanation. Conference. (1) - (2)
Logical Positivism. Conference.
Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science.
Morgenbesser Festschrift.
Nagel Speech Announcements.
National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council. (1) - (2)
Box 29. Subject Files.
National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council. (3)
National Endowment for the Humanities.
National Endowment for the Humanities. Interdisciplinary Institute.
National Science Foundation.
New School for Social Research.
Charles PEIRCE Colloquium.
Charles PEIRCE Colloquium. Related Items.
Phi Delta Kappa Symposium on Educational Research.
Philosophy of Education Society.
Philosophy of Science Association. (1) - (2)
Princeton University.
Box 30. Subject Files
Randall, J. H.
Reichenbach, Hans.
Rockefeller Foundation Grant
Andrei SAKHAROV Conference (1981).
Science, Philosophy and Religion Symposium (1965).
Scientific Frontiers and their Interaction with Society.
Smith College. Science Committee.
Solow, Herbert.
Sterling Forest Conference Program.
The Tamiment Institute. (1) - (2)
Teleology Revisited.
University Center in Virginia
University of Chicago. Conceptual Foundations of Science.
Venuxem Lectures.
Miscellaneous.
Clippings.
Box 31. Manuscripts inscribed to E. Nagel, A - M
Box 32. Manuscripts inscribed to E. Nagel, S - W
Printed Materials inscribed to E. Nagel
Box 33 - 35. Printed Books inscribed to Nagel
Box 36. Printed Materials and Printed Books by Nagel
Box 37. 1989 Addition
Manuscripts
Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method.
Variant Draft-ver. 1, a.m.s. (1)
Variant Draft-ver. 2, pp.42-405, t.m.s. (2)
Variant Draft-ver. 2, exercises and analytic
index t.m.s. (carbon) (3)
Variant Draft-ver. 2, carbon, pp.1-300,
t.m.s. (carbon) (4)
Notes
Miscellaneous
Teaching Materials
Grade Book for Philosophy Courses
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