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About him:
Carl Gustav Hempel was a German writer an philosopher. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th century movement in the philosophy of science. He was a principal proponent of “covering law” theory of explanation and the paradoxes of confirmation as basic elements of the theory of science. -
More about Hempel
Along side Rudolf Carnap and Hans Reichenbach, he played an important part in the transformation of the dominant philosophical movement of the 1930s and 40s, which was known as “logical positivism” that was later more widely known as “logical empiricism”. -
Raven paradox:
Hempel was also known for something called the raven paradox, also known as Hempels paradox, that was proposed in the 1940s. The ravens paradox is a paradox that questions what evidence constitutes as a statement. Hempel proposed this paradox to show a contradiction between inductive logic and intuition. -
What he was known for:
Hempel was widely known for his articulation of the scientific explanation, which was considered the standard model of scientific explanation during the 1950s and 60s. Hempel was also known for explication as a method by taking words and phrases that are vague and subjecting them to a process of clarification. -
Citations:
Fetzer, James. Carl Hempel. 6 Sept. 2017, plato.stanford.edu/entries/hempel/#PrimSourWorkHemp. -
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