Herbert G. Bohnert
Herbert Gaylord Bohnert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 12 March 1984 (aged 65–66) Fortuna, California |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | The Interpretation of Theory (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nelson Goodman |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy, logic |
| Institutions | Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Michigan State University |
Herbert G. Bohnert (1918 – 12 March 1984) was an American analytic philosopher. After obtaining a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania on Ramsey sentences in 1961, Bohnert conducted research on natural language processing at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and later taught philosophy and logic at Michigan State University. Bohnert was a personal friend of Rudolf Carnap who defended Carnapian views at a time when they had largely fallen out of fashion. For this reason there is renewed interest in Bohnert's work among scholars of the history of analytic philosophy.