- Born
- ( 1905-01-08 ) January 8, 1905, Oranienburg , German Empire
- Died
- November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09) (aged 92), Princeton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- University of Göttingen , University of Berlin (PhD, 1934), Heidelberg University
- Thesis
- Beiträge zur logischen Analyse des Wahrscheinlichkeitsbegriffs (Contributions to the Logical Analysis of the Concept of Probability) (1934)
- Doctoral advisors
- Hans Reichenbach , Wolfgang Köhler , Nicolai Hartmann
- Other advisor
- Rudolf Carnap
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Analytic philosophy , Berlin Circle , Logical behaviorism
- Institutions
- University of Chicago , City College of New York , Yale University , Princeton University , Hebrew University , University of Pittsburgh
- Doctoral students
- Adolf Grünbaum Jaegwon Kim Robert Nozick John Earman Philip Kitcher
- Notable students
- Robert Stalnaker Carl Icahn
- Main interests
- Philosophy of science Logic Confirmation theory
- Notable ideas
- Deductive-nomological model Inductive-statistical model Internal vs. bridge principles Hempel's dilemma Raven paradox Explanandum and explanans