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