Mathematically Nelson Goodman is known for a number of publications on calculus and symbolic logic and most particularly Goodman's paradox. It should be borne in mind that the mathematical side of Goodman, although important, is only a tiny facet of a bright and varied career.

A prolific author of both articles and books Nelson Goodman was born in 1906 in Sommerville, Massachusetts. Goodman's interests spanned many fields other than mathematics and this is reflected perfectly in his varying career. In 1928 he received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Harvard, he received his doctorate, also from Harvard, in 1941. From 1929 to 1941 Goodman was the Director of the Walker-Goodman Art Gallery in Boston, following this he was in the miltary until the end of the Second World War. Immediately upon release from the United States Army Goodman was Instructor in Philosophy at Tufts College, Massachusetts and then Associate Professor of Philosophy at...