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Birth
Carl Gustav Hempel was born in Oranienburg, Germany on January 8, 1905
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“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Education (1925-1934)
He studied mathematics, physics and philosophy at the University of Goettingen, Heidelberg, Berlin and Vienna, receiving his doctorate in Berlin in 1934.
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“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Yale and Princeton University (1945-1948)
Hempel taught at Yale and Princeton University as well as University of Pittsburg between 1945 and 1948.
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“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Publish 1952
His work was Fundamental of Concept Formation in Empirical Science was published in 1952 in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science.
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“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Publish (1965-1966)
Scientific Explanation and Philosophy of Natural Science were published in 1965 and 1966.
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“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Studies 1973
Carl Gustav Hempel and Paul Oppenheim essay titled Studies in the Logic of explanation was published in volume fifteen of the journal Philosophy of Science. In 1973, Hempel criticizes as aspect of logical positivism theory of science.
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“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Death
Carl Gustav Hempel died at the age November 9, 1997.
Reference.
“Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel.