Question

Some theories which solve this problem may themselves face the “tacking paradox,” also known as the irrelevant conjunction problem. (-5[1])After his original solution to this problem was criticized for containing outside (15[1])information, I. J. Good created the example (15[1])of an infinitely intelligent newborn (15[1])baby. The paper which describes this problem rejects the converse consequence condition, and follows it with an example of pure ice not turning yellow in a flame test. This problem relies on the (*) equivalence condition (10[1])and Nicod’s criterion, (-5[1])which states (10[1])that universal (10[1])generalizations (-5[2])are supported by their instances. (10[1]-5[2])First laid out in “Studies in the Logic of Confirmation,” this problem results in almost all observations (10[1])confirming (10[1])its central (-5[1])hypothesis. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this paradox by Carl Hempel, which concludes (10[1])that the existence (10[2])of green apples confirms the claim that certain birds are black. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[2])

ANSWER: raven paradox [accept Hempel’s paradox until Hempel is read; accept the paradox of indoor ornithology] (The I. J. Good essay is “The White Shoe is a Red Herring”.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anuttam RamjiCry of the Common Loonnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku18-5
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broPahkin' the Ahgo3015
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsStanford+3715
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadDefying Suavity4215
Agnijo BanerjeeSimple VibesCambridge7710
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Clown Senpais80-5
Joel MilesThompson et al.Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms8210
John LawrenceWalston et. al.just one more half-dot bro8410
John MarvinThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)BHSU Rebirth85-5
Jananan ArulseelanThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere85-5
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country90-5
Elijah Mandelbaumas rational as the square root of two power bottomsSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut90-5
Matthew WangUBCI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire9010
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioWashU10710
Natan Holtzmanthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!10810
Rayton LinTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit110-5
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Berkeley111-5
Walter ZhangImport PandasBanned from ARGOS11410
Adam Silverman|madam|Hu up Jinning they Tao12210
Patrick QuionNortheast by NorthwesternNotre Dame12510
Emmett Lauriejeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubNJ TRANSit (and anwen12510
Vincent Dunumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuCry of the Common Loon13610
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)13710
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop SmokingThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days13710
Oscar SiddleLimp FrancekitGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz13710
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathers12 Litres of Green Tea13710
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donutas rational as the square root of two power bottoms13710
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1370
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1370
Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 13710
Swapnil GargBerkeleyWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?13710