Philosophy Colloquium, Murali Ramachandran Hempel’s Paradox of the Ravens By Murali Ramachandran (Witwatersrand, Philosophy) Date: Thursday,  5th March, 2020 Time: 1540-1710 Place: H-232 Abstract: Hempel’s paradox of the ravens arises from two very compelling principles, SUPPORT and EQUIVALENCE: SUPPORT Observations of FGs support (confirm, count as positive evidence for) the hypothesis ‘All Fs are G’, so long as no non-G Fs have been observed. (E.g. observations […]

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