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Philosophy of science

the puzzle that if a black raven confirms that all ravens are black, so seemingly does any non-black non-raven such as a white shoe.

In philosophy of science, paradox of confirmation refers to the puzzle that if a black raven confirms that all ravens are black, so seemingly does any non-black non-raven such as a white shoe. This meaning comes from Hempel (1945) in Mind.[1]

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Hempel, C. G. (1945). Studies in the logic of confirmation (I.). Mind, LIV(213), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/liv.213.1

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