Philosopher

Joseph Agassi

Overview

Joseph Agassi (; Hebrew: יוסף אגסי; born Joseph Birnbaum; 7 May 1927 – 22 January 2023) was an Israeli academic with contributions in logic, scientific method, and philosophy. He studied under Karl Popper at the London School of Economics, where he completed his PhD in 1956 with a dissertation titled The Function of Interpretations in Physics.

Agassi taught in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Hong Kong from 1960 to 1963. He later taught at the University of Illinois, Boston University, and York University in Canada. He had dual appointments in the last positions with Tel Aviv University.

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Philosophers who discussed Joseph Agassi

• Karl Popper
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Imre Lakatos
• Paul Feyerabend

Ideas Joseph Agassi discusses

• Karl Popper
• Mario Bunge
• Martin Buber
• Philosophy of education
• Philosophy of science
• Logic
• Boston University
• London School of Economics
• Modern philosophy
• Contemporary philosophy
• Yeshayahu Leibowitz
• Philosophy of technology

Place in the tradition

Part of Jewish philosophy.

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