Paul Oppenheim

Paul Oppenheim ( born June 17, 1885 in Frankfurt am Main, † 22 June 1977) was a German chemist, philosopher, independent scholar and industrialist.

Career

After studying natural sciences, chemistry in Freiburg im Breisgau and Giessen, he received his doctorate in chemistry and philosophy. Until 1933 he worked in the chemical industry, after which he emigrated first 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 help to escape from Germany. His father, the Frankfurt gem dealers Moritz Nathan Oppenheim (1848-1933), and his mother took in 1933 life together.

He has published with Hempel and Grelling work on the philosophy and theory of science, including Gestalt psychology. Oppenheim is the co-founder of the so-called Hempel - Oppenheim scheme (DN model).

Publications

  • Hempel, C. G. and Oppenheim, P.: " The type concept in the light of the new logic. Theoretical investigations on the constitution of research and psychology. "
  • Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, " The Gestalt concept in the light of the new logic," cognition 7 (1937 /38), 211-225 [dt. Translation: 1988.1 ].
  • Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, "Supplementary Remarks on the Concept of Gestalt " recognition 7 (1937 /38), 357-359 [ reprint: 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 " form " as " Functional Whole" [ Paper sent in for the Fifth International Congress for the Unity of Science ( Cambridge, Mass. , 1939) ], TS, 8 S. [ by Carl G Hempel, Princeton, reprint: 1988.3, 1999.1 ]. .
  • Paul Oppenheim and Hilary Putnam, " The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis ". In: Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 1958
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