Location: Lainzer Friedhof, Vienna, Austria
Cause of death: Complications of cancer, pneumonia and kidney failure
Photo taken by: Profpjm
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Austrian-British philosopher and professor who is regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest philosophers of science. After studying mathematics, physics, and psychology at the University of Vienna, he taught philosophy at Canterbury University College, New Zealand (1937–45). In 1945 he became a reader in logic at the London School of Economics, and he served there as professor of logic and scientific method from 1949 until his retirement in 1969.
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