Carl Gustav Hempel

German writer and philosopher (1905–1997) Carl Gustav HempelBorn(1905-01-08)January 8, 1905Oranienburg, German EmpireDiedNovember 9, 1997(1997-11-09) (aged 92)Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.EducationEducationUniversity of GöttingenUniversity of Berlin (PhD, 1934)Heidelberg UniversityThesisBeiträge zur logischen Analyse des Wahrscheinlichkeitsbegriffs (Contributions to the Logical Analysis of the Concept of Probability) (1934)Doctoral advisorsNicolai HartmannWolfgang KöhlerHans ReichenbachOther advisorRudolf CarnapPhilosophical workEra20th-century philosophyRegionWestern philosophySchoolAnalytic philosophyBerlin CircleLogical behaviorismInstitutionsUniversity of ChicagoCity College of New YorkYale UniversityPrinceton UniversityHebrew UniversityUniversity of PittsburghDoctoral studentsJohn EarmanMichael FriedmanAdolf GrünbaumJaegwon KimRobert NozickNotable studentsCarl IcahnPhilip KitcherRobert StalnakerMain interestsPhilosophy of scienceLogicConfirmation theoryNotable ideasDeductive-nomological modelInductive-statistical modelInternal vs. bridge principlesHempel's paradoxHempel's dilemmaExplanandum and explanans Part of a series onLogical positivism Main article Vienna Circle Logi