Bergmann was born in
Vienna,
Austria-Hungary. He earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at the
University of Vienna in 1928. His dissertation, directed by
Walther Mayer, was titled
Zwei Beiträge zur mehrdimensionalen Differentialgeometrie. While studying for his
doctorate, he was invited to join the
Vienna Circle, a group of philosophers, mathematicians, scientists, and others committed to a scientific worldview under the name of
logical positivism. In 1930–31, he worked with
Albert Einstein in Berlin. Unable as a
Jew to find academic employment, Bergmann obtained a
J.D. degree from the University of Vienna in 1935, and practiced
corporate law until he and his family fled to the United States in 1938. Settling at the
University of Iowa in
Iowa City in 1939, Bergmann eventually became professor of both philosophy and psychology. He died in Iowa City. == Bibliography ==