Carl Hempel Quotes on Knowledge
Carl Gustav Hempel was a German-American philosopher of science and one of the most influential members of the logical empiricist tradition. This page collects quotes attributed to Carl Hempel on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Carl Hempel:
“Scientific explanation subsumes the explanandum under general laws.”
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Attributed to Carl Hempel:
“The raven paradox shows the deep difficulty of the concept of confirmation.”
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Attributed to Carl Hempel:
“Empirical significance is a matter of degree, not of presence or absence.”
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Attributed to Carl Hempel:
“A scientific law is more than a generalization; it must support counterfactuals.”
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Attributed to Carl Hempel:
“Logical empiricism gave way to logical empiricism for good reasons.”