Carl Hempel

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human logical empiricist logician philosopher philosopher of science

Carl Hempel was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his work on logical empiricism and the deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation.

Aliases (1)

Carl Gustav Hempel ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → logical empiricist → logician → philosopher → philosopher of science →
birthCountry	German Empire →
birthDate	1905-01-08 →
birthPlace	Oranienburg NERFINISHED →
citizenship	Germany → United States of America →
countryOfResidence	United States of America →
deathCountry	United States of America →
deathDate	1997-11-09 →
deathPlace	Princeton, New Jersey →
doctoralAdvisor	Hans Reichenbach →
educatedAt	University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Göttingen NERFINISHED → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED →
employer	City College of New York → Princeton University → Queens College, City University of New York → University of Pittsburgh → Yale University →
familyName	Hempel →
fieldOfWork	logic → philosophy of science →
fullName	Carl Gustav Hempel →
gender	male →
givenName	Carl →
influencedBy	Hans Reichenbach → Moritz Schlick → Rudolf Carnap →
knownFor	analysis of scientific explanation → defense and later criticism of logical empiricism → work on confirmation theory →
language	English → German →
memberOf	Berlin Circle → Vienna Circle (associated) →
movement	logical empiricism → logical positivism →
name	Carl Hempel →
notableIdea	Hempel's paradox → covering-law model of explanation → deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation → ravens paradox →
notableWork	Aspects of Scientific Explanation → Philosophy of Natural Science → Theoretician's Dilemma →
occupation	university teacher →
positionHeld	Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herbert Feigl → Rudolf Carnap → The Logical Syntax of Language →	influenced
Robert Nozick →	doctoralAdvisor
Carl Hempel ("Carl Gustav Hempel") →	fullName
unity of science ("Carl Gustav Hempel") →	hasProponent
Carl Hempel →	name