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BIOGRAPHY Hempel studied Mathematics , Physics , and Philosophy at the Universitiy Of Göttingen , Heidelberg and Berlin . In Göttingen he encountered David Hilbert and was impressed by his attempt to base all of mathematics on solid logical foundations derived from a limited number of axioms ( Hilbert's Program ). Having moved to Berlin he participated in a congress on scientific philosophy in 1929, where he met Rudolf Carnap . Enthusiastic about Carnap's work, Hempel moved to Vienna and became part of the Vienna Circle . In 1934 he received his doctoral degree from the University of Berlin with a dissertation on probability theory. The same year he fled the increasingly repressive Germany and emigrated to Belgium with the help of Paul Oppenheim , with whom he co-authored the book "Der Typusbegriff im Lichte der neuen Logik" on typology and logics in 1936. In 1937 Hempel emigrated to the US where he accepted a position as Carnap's assistant at the University Of Chicago . Subsequently he held positions at New York's City College (1939-1948), Yale University (1948-1955), and Princeton University where he stayed until he was given emeritus status in 1964. As an emeritus he spent the years from 1964-1966 at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and taught at Pittsburgh until 1985. In 2005 the City of Oranienburg renamed a street to "Carl-Gustav-Hempel-Strasse". BIBLIOGRAPHY Main Works:
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