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institute of education university of illinois cornell university 27 august 1988 ithaca , new york jewish baku , russian empire 20th-century philosophy bertrand ramsey russell ludwig wittgenstein g. e. moore frank p. british american -lrb- naturalized -rrb- analytic of science philosophy of art philosophy philosophy of language philosophy of mathematics philosophy 24 february 1909 '' the identity of indiscernibles '' max black philosopher.jpg max black
 max black queens ' college , cambridge
max black

max black -lrb- 24 february 1909 -- 27 august 1988 -rrb- was a british-american philosopher , who was a figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century .
he made contributions to the philosophy of language , the philosophy of mathematics and science , and the philosophy of art , also publishing studies of the work of philosophers such as frege .
his translation -lrb- with peter geach -rrb- of frege 's published philosophical writing is a classic text .
