Hempel

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Hempel is a surname most notably associated with Carl Hempel, a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science and member of the logical positivist movement.

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instanceOf family name
human
logical empiricist
logical positivist
philosopher
philosopher of science
surname
citizenship Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-01-08
dateOfDeath 1997-11-09
educatedAt University of Berlin
University of Göttingen
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
University of Vienna
employer City College of New York
Princeton University
University of Pittsburgh
Yale University
familyName Hempel
fieldOfWork epistemology
logic
philosophy of science
givenName Carl Gustav
hasNotableBearer Carl Gustav Hempel
linked to: Carl Hempel
influencedBy Hans Reichenbach
Moritz Schlick
Rudolf Carnap
knownFor Hempel's raven paradox
linked to: Hempel's paradox

deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation
work on confirmation theory
languageOfOrigin German
memberOf Berlin Circle
Vienna Circle
movement logical empiricism
linked to: logical positivism

logical positivism
notableWork Aspects of Scientific Explanation
Studies in the Logic of Confirmation
The Function of General Laws in History
placeOfBirth Oranienburg
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey
residence Princeton, New Jersey
spouse Eva Ahrends Hempel
usedByLanguage German
workLocation United States of America

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Carl Hempel familyName Hempel
Carl Gustav Hempel familyName Hempel
subject linked to: Hempel