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Carl Gustav Hempel

1905 - 1997

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Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel (; German: [ˈhɛmpl̩]; January 8, 1905 – November 9, 1997) was a German writer, philosopher, logician, and epistemologist. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th-century movement in the philosophy of science. Hempel articulated the deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation, which was considered the "standard model" of scientific explanation during the 1950s and 1960s. He is also known for the raven paradox ("Hempel's paradox") and Hempel's dilemma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Gustav Hempel is the 399th most popular philosopher (down from 311th in 2019), the 977th most popular biography from Germany (down from 655th in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Philosopher.

Carl Gustav Hempel is most famous for designing the Nazi flag.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Carl Gustav Hempel ranks 399 out of 1,267. Before him are Saadia Gaon, Archelaus, A. S. Neill, J. L. Austin, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, and Anne Conway. After him are Siger of Brabant, Plutarch of Athens, Karl Rahner, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Luce Irigaray, and E. H. Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Carl Gustav Hempel ranks 40. Before him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Max Schmeling, Michael Powell, Marian Rejewski, Helen Wills, and Jean Vigo. After him are Shojiro Sugimura, Dalton Trumbo, Severo Ochoa, Franz Ziereis, Enrique Ballestrero, and Angelo Schiavio. Among people deceased in 1997, Carl Gustav Hempel ranks 49. Before him are Otto Ernst Remer, Colonel Tom Parker, Willem de Kooning, Teiichi Matsumaru, Cornelius Castoriadis, and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. After him are Burgess Meredith, Stéphane Grappelli, Amha Selassie, John Denver, Friedrich Hund, and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Gustav Hempel ranks 977 out of 7,253. Before him are Josef Albers (1888), Julius Schreck (1898), Gottfried Semper (1803), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), and Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671). After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715), Hans Scholl (1918), Christina of Saxony (1461), Agnes of Merania (1175), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), and Mechtilde (1241).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Carl Gustav Hempel ranks 49. Before him are Moritz Schlick (1882), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), David Strauss (1808), Rudolf Otto (1869), Hermann Cohen (1842), and Wilhelm Windelband (1848). After him are Karl Rahner (1904), Moses Hess (1812), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Gershom Scholem (1897), Christian Thomasius (1655), and Hans Reichenbach (1891).

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