Paul Oppenheim
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Paul Oppenheim was a German chemist, philosopher, independent scholar and industrialist.
After studying natural sciences and chemistry at the University of Freiburg
Oppenheim earned his doctorate in chemistry and philosophy. Until 1933 he was active in the chemical industry, after which he emigrated to Brussels and the USA in 1939, where he worked as a private scholar.
After the beginning of Nazi rule in Germany, he gave several persecuted scientists such as Carl Gustav Hempel
and Kurt Grelling
financial resources and assistance to escape from Germany. His father, the Frankfurt gem dealer Nathan Moritz Oppenheim (1848–1933), and his mother took their life together in 1933.
He published with Hempel and Grelling on philosophy and philosophy of science, including Gestalt psychology
. Oppenheim is co-founder of the so-called Hempel-Oppenheim schema (Deductive-nomological model) .
After studying natural sciences and chemistry at the University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
Oppenheim earned his doctorate in chemistry and philosophy. Until 1933 he was active in the chemical industry, after which he emigrated to Brussels and the USA in 1939, where he worked as a private scholar.
After the beginning of Nazi rule in Germany, he gave several persecuted scientists such as Carl Gustav Hempel
Carl Gustav Hempel
Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel was a philosopher of science and a major figure in 20th-century logical empiricism...
and Kurt Grelling
Kurt Grelling
Kurt Grelling was a logician, philosopher and member of the Berlin Circle.- Life and work :Shortly after his arrival in 1905 at University of Göttingen, Grelling began a collaboration with philosopher Leonard Nelson, with whom he tried to solve Russell's paradox, which had shaken the foundations...
financial resources and assistance to escape from Germany. His father, the Frankfurt gem dealer Nathan Moritz Oppenheim (1848–1933), and his mother took their life together in 1933.
He published with Hempel and Grelling on philosophy and philosophy of science, including Gestalt psychology
Gestalt psychology
Gestalt psychology or gestaltism is a theory of mind and brain of the Berlin School; the operational principle of gestalt psychology is that the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies...
. Oppenheim is co-founder of the so-called Hempel-Oppenheim schema (Deductive-nomological model) .
Publications
- Hempel, CG and Oppenheim, P.: "The type concept in light of the new logic. Theoretical studies on the constitution and psychology research.
- Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, "The Gestalt concept in light of the new logic," cognition 7 (1937/38), 211-225 [Engl. Translation: 1988.1].
- Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, Supplementary Remarks on the Concept of Gestalt, "cognition 7 (1937/38), 357-359 [Reprinted: 1988.2].
- Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, "Concerning the Structure of Wholes", Philosophy of Science 6 (1939), 487-488.
- Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, Logical Analysis of "Gestalt" as "Functional Whole" [Paper sent in for the Fifth International Congress for the Unity of Science (Cambridge, Mass., 1939)], TS, 8 p. [by Carl G . Hempel , Princeton, reprint: 1988.3, 1999.1].
- Paul Oppenheim and Nicholas Rescher, "Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, vol. 6 (1955), pp. 89–106.
- Paul Oppenheim and Hilary Putnam : "The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis". In: Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 1958