Hempel, Carl Gustav H Philosophers

Hempel, Carl Gustav H Philosophers

Hempel, Carl Gustav

Carl Gustav Hempel, 1905-1997. German-American logical posivist and philosopher of science. He is best remembered for his work in the philosophy of logic, where he noted the paradox which arises when one assumes that all non-contradictory evidence increases confidence in a statement.

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- Text, with original pagination, of a 1950 paper by Hempel from the Revue Internationale de Philosophie.
- Essay with bibliography on this 20th-century thinker's life and ideas, by Mauro Murzi. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Text of a 1945 paper by Hempel from the American Mathematical Monthly. Frameset with table of contents and text in separate frames.
- Brief outline of the life of this German-born thinker.
- Entry on this logician and philosopher, with links to related topics.
- Text of Hempel's 1945 paper from the American Mathematical Monthly. Notes, table of contents, and text in separate frames.
- Paper by Paul Franceschi, discussing Hempel's paradox of confirmation in detail, and a commonly-proposed solution to it.

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