A tribute on the occasion of his sixtyfifth birthday. Hace cincuenta anos, carl hempel publico su famoso libro aspects of scientific explanation. Carl hempel, two models of scientific explanation carl gustav hempel s 1905 1997 classic account of explanation is widely known as the coveringlaw model. Psychology and mental health analisis historia psicologos psiquiatria salud mental investigacion cientifica. Carl hempels operationalist proposition in the beginnings of. Carl gustav hempel oranienburg, 1905 princeton township, nueva jersey, 1997 filosofo aleman nacionalizado estadounidense.
Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Oppenheim, 1936, emigro en 1939 a estados unidos, donde ejerceria como profesor en diversas universidades. Carl gustav peter hempel january 8, 1905 november 9, 1997 was a german writer and philosopher. With reference to the operationalism of american physicist percy w. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20thcentury movement in the philosophy of science. The fountainhead of almost all contemporary thinking about explanation is carl hempel s deductivenomological dn model of explanation.