Paul Oppenheim

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

Career

After studying natural sciences and chemistry in Freiburg im Breisgau and Gießen , he received his doctorate in chemistry and philosophy. He worked in the chemical industry until 1933, after which he emigrated first to Brussels and in 1939 to the USA, where he worked as a private scholar.

After the beginning of the Nazi rule in Germany, he provided several persecuted scientists, such as Carl Gustav Hempel and Kurt Grelling , with financial means and help to flee Germany. His father, the Frankfurt gem dealer Moritz Nathan Oppenheim (1848–1933), and his mother committed suicide together in 1933.

With Hempel and Grelling he published works on philosophy, philosophy of science and Gestalt psychology . Oppenheim is a co-founder of the so-called Hempel-Oppenheim scheme (DN model).

Publications

  • Hempel, CG and Oppenheim, P .: “The type concept in the light of the new logic. Philosophical studies on constitutional research and psychology ”.
  • Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, “The concept of gestalt in the light of the new logic”, Knowledge 7 (1937/38), 211–225 [Engl. Translation: 1988.1].
  • Kurt Grelling and Paul Oppenheim, “Supplementary Remarks on the Concept of Gestalt”, Knowledge 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 “Gestalt” as “Functional Whole” [Paper sent in for the Fifth International Congress for the Unity of Science (Cambridge, Mass., 1939)], TS, 8 pp. [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

literature

  • Oppenheim, Paul , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 288

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personal data
SURNAME Oppenheim, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, philosopher, private scholar and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1977