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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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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. -
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. -
After getting his documents and resources from the German Order, he once again fled from the oncoming war to Princeton, NY
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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. -
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. -
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.
