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Born
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Studies
He studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy at the universities of Goettingen, Heidelberg, Berlin, and Vienna, receiving his doctorate in Berlin in 1934. “Carl Gustav Hempel.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Nov. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_Hempel#cite_note-HEMPEL_1945_pp._1%E2%80%9326-14. -
Hempel Paradox (Raven Paradox)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u2Ecyjp9g4 Hempel created this paradox to better understand the Scientific method and creating Hypothesis. One makes an observation and makes and inductive hypothesis.
peppermint78. “The Raven Paradox.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Apr. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u2Ecyjp9g4. “Hempel's Ravens Paradox.” Hempel's Ravens Paradox | Platonic Realms, https://platonicrealms.com/encyclopedia/Hempels-Ravens-Paradox. -
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Yale
Joined Philosophy department as Associate Professor of Philosophy “Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, https://philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
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Princeton
Stuart Professor of Philosophy. Taught alongside Thomas Kuhn. “Carl G. Hempel | Philosophy.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, https://philosophy.princeton.edu/about/great-and-good/carl-g-hempel. -
Death
Princeton, New Jersey