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Solutions to the Paradoxes of Confirmation, Goodman's Paradox, and Two New Theories of Confirmation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Lin Chao-Tien
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1. Confirmation Theory One, which we shall construct, when applied to the Raven Hypothesis yields the following results:

  1. (1.1) Any black raven confirms the Raven Hypothesis.

  2. (1.2) Any black non-raven confirms the Raven Hypothesis.

  3. (2) Any non-black raven disconfirms the Raven Hypothesis.

  4. (3) Any non-black non-raven is neutral to the Raven Hypothesis.

Theory One consists of two parts: (A) six basic concepts from confirmation theory proper, and (B) the underlying logic.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 415 - 419
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1978

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Footnotes

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The author would like to thank his referees for their comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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