Oppenheim

Paul Oppenheim

By Ccolvin968

  • Paul Oppenheim Born

    Paul Oppenheim is born in Frankfurt, Germany.

  • Began works on the natural order of the sciences

    This is a topic that would keep him occupied throughout the rest of his career in philosophy and science.

  • The Gestalt concept in light of the new logic

    Paul Oppenheim and another author Kurt Grelling whom he helped escape Germany published a paper on the Gestalt philosophy/psychology. This says that we tend to order our experience in a manner that is regular, orderly, symmetrical, and simple.

  • Emigration to the U.S.

    Oppenheim emmigrated to the U.S. in 1939 with his wife Gabrielle. He worked at Princeton University as a private Scholar.

  • Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts Published

    Oppenheim added to his previous works of Gestalt ideaology in 1955 yet again. Despite his formal training in chemistry, he became one of the great scientific philosophers and contributors to psychology of all time.

  • Death of Paul Oppenheim

    Paul Oppenheim dies in Princeton, NJ, USA.