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Birth of Oppenheim
Paul Oppenheim was born on 17 June 1885 to a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Doctorate in Chemistry
Oppenheim studied chemistry and philosophy in college and received a doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Giessen.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
First publication
With a vested interest in the philosophy of science, he published a philosophical monograph on "fundamental principals" (Grundgesetze)
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Second publication
Oppenheim published another monograph on scientific concept formation.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Die Denflache
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Emmigration
With the Nazi's rise to power, Oppenheim and his wife emigrated to Brussels.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Logic of Classification
C.G Hempel and Oppenheim, wrote the logic of classification.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Start of the war
After getting his documents and resources from the German Order, he once again fled from the oncoming war to Princeton, NY -
Studies of Logical Explanation
Oppenheim and Hempel collaborated on the "Studies of Logical Explanation." This marked Oppenheim as the co-founder of the "Hempel-Oppenheim model of Explanation."
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts
Nicholas Rescher and Oppenheim collaborated on and published "Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts." This was published in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020. -
Death
Oppenheim died at 92 years old on 22 June 1977 in New York.
Rescher, Nicholas. “H2O: Hempel-Helmer-Oppenheim, an Episode in the History of Scientific Philosophy in the 20th Century.” Philosophy of Science, vol. 64, no. 2, 1997, pp. 334–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/188313. Accessed 22 Dec. 2020.
