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Carl Gustav Hempel (January 8, 1905 - November 9, 1997)

  • Academic Studies

    Carl Hempel Studied a range of sciences to include mathematics and physics at the University of Göttingen and later the University of Berlin and the Heidelberg University.
  • Congress on Scientific Philosophy

    Hempel would attend the first Congress on Scientific Philosophy where he would meet and become impressed by Carnap. He would later move to Vienna and attend the Vienna Circle.
  • Der Typusbegriff im Lichte der neuen Logik

    Hempel and Oppenheim published the book Der Typusbegriff im Lichte der neuen Logik or The Type Concept in the Light of the New Logic.
  • Doctorate in Philosophy

    Hempel gained the doctorate in philosophy at Berlin.
  • Immigration

    Hempel immigrated to the United States and would teach in New York, at City College (1939-1940) and at Queens College (1940-1948).
  • Studies in the Logic of Explanation

    Hempel and Oppenheim’s essay "Studies in the Logic of Explanation," published in the journal Philosophy of Science volume 15. This essay discussed deductive-nomological explanation which states that a fact is a deduction of a statement derived from a scientific law.
  • Fundamentals of Concept Formation in Empirical Science

    Fundamentals of Concept Formation in Empirical Science was published by Hempel in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science.
  • Aspects of Scientific Explanation and Philosophy of Natural Science

    Aspects of Scientific Explanation, which discusses the issues with inductive explanation, and Philosophy of Natural Science were published in 1965 and 1966.
  • Provisoes: A Problem concerning the Inferential Function of Scientific Theories

    Provisoes: A Problem concerning the Inferential Function of Scientific Theories published in Erkenntnis critizises logical positivism’s theory of deductive science which is unusual as Hempel is famous for his deductive model of scientific explanation.
  • Citation

    Murzi, Mauro. “Carl Gustav Hempel (1905—1997).” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, www.iep.utm.edu/hempel/.