Leonard Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German mathematician and philosopher
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Leonard Nelson
- Leonard Nelson (; German: ['n?lz?n]; 11 July 1882 – 29 October 1927), sometimes spelt Leonhard, was a German mathematician, critical philosopher, and socialist.
- He was part of the neo-Friesian school (named after post-Kantian philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries) of neo-Kantianism and a friend of the mathematician David Hilbert.
- He devised the Grelling–Nelson paradox in 1908 and the related idea of autological words with Kurt Grelling.Neo-Friesian subsequently became an influencer in fields of both philosophy and mathematics, as Nelson's close contacts with scientists and mathematicians influenced their ideas.
- Despite dying earlier than many of his friends and assistants, his ISK organization lived on after his death, even after being banned by the Nazi Regime in 1933.
- It is even claimed that Albert Einstein supported it.
- He's also credited with popularizing the Socratic method in his book Die sokratische Methode (The Socratic Method).
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