Paul Oppenheim
Paul Oppenheim · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher of science whose work influenced anthropological theory and classification
1885, Frankfurt, Germany — 1977, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Germany · USA
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Oppenheim was a German-American philosopher of science who collaborated with Carl Hempel on the deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation and with Hilary Putnam on the unity of science and reduction, shaping mid-century theory of classification and explanation. A wealthy industrialist by profession, he hosted and funded philosophical research and fled Nazi Germany for the United States. He was Jewish.
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Philosopher of science whose work influenced anthropological theory and classification
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