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A Note on Hempel's Paradox
2026-01-08
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In this paper, Hempel’s paradox is revisited, a paradox that arises from the observation of a black raven which inductively confirms the generalization “All ravens are black”, but can also be interpreted as supporting the statement “All swans are white”. The proposed resolution leverages the non-monotonic nature of inductive inference, suggesting that two distinct inferences from the same observation are not requi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 779609e1-6de6-5581-9cac-5681dba6944c
- DOI
- 10.32388/amcuxt.2