Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Carl Gustav Hempel
Born: January 8, 1905
Died: November 9, 1997 (aged 92)
Bio: Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel was a German writer and philosopher. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th-century movement in the philosophy of science.
Known for:
- Philosophy of Natural Science (1966)
- The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel
- Selected Philosophical Essays