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Abduction and Inference to the Best Explanation
Theoria, 2009 The paper deals with the relation between abduction and inference to the best explanation (IBE). A heuristic and a normative interpretation of IBE are distinguished. Besides, two different normative interpretations —those vindicated by I.
Valeriano Iranzo
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Inference to the Best Explanation: The Case of Potential Energy
European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2020 It has been claimed that kinetic energy is an objective physical quantity whilst at the same time maintaining that potential energy is not. However, by making use of the method of ‘inference to the best explanation’, it may be readily concluded that ...
Peter J. Riggs
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Journal of Intelligence, 2023 In our daily lives, we are often faced with the need to explain various phenomena, but we do not always select the most accurate explanation. For example, let us consider a “toxic” relationship with physical and psychological abuse, where one of the ...
Miguel H. Guamanga +3 more
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Inference to the Best Explanation
Zygon, 1997 The common role of research programs in science and religion is now widely accepted. The next step in the methodology debate is to specify more concretely the shared standards for adequate explanations.
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Swinburne's Confirmation Inductive Argument as the Best Explanation of Theism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2023 Can atheistic explanations scientifically explain the world and humans? Can theistic deductive arguments provide a rational explanation of the world? Many philosophers of contemporary religion believe that deductive arguments for the existence of God are
Abbas Yazdani
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Defending subjective inflation: an inference to the best explanation. [PDF]
Neurosci Conscious, 2020 Abstract In a recent opinion piece, Abid (2019) criticizes the hypothesis that subjective inflation may partly account for apparent phenomenological richness across the visual field and outside the focus of attention. In response, we address three main issues.
Knotts JD, Michel M, Odegaard B.
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Application of inference to the best explanation in law interpretation [PDF]
پژوهشنامه حقوق اسلامی, 2020 Interpretation is the method of law. It has sub methods. Any of these sub methods have basis and use technique that coordinate with its basis. One of the sub methods at law is the systematic method of interpretation.
Mohammad Salehi Mazandarani +1 more
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Science and Tradition: Towards a Pluralistic Scientific Society [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2021 Having offered the “argument from bad lot”, Bas van Fraassen has raised an important criticism on the Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) and challenged scientific realism.
Amir Motesharei, Mostafa Taqavi
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Justifying Ockham’s Razor within Betz’s Theory of Dialectical Structures [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2023 According to Ockham’s razor, assumptions must not be unnecessarily multiplied. While this principle is widely accepted, its justification is controversial. More precisely, we don’t know whether Ockham’s razor is truth-conducive. The present paper aims to
Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Etemadoleslami Bakhtiari
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The Supremacy of IBE over Bayesian Conditionalization
Problemos, 2023 Van Fraassenas savąją pragmatinę mokslinio aiškinimo teoriją paremia Bayeso sąlyginės tikimybės matu ir kartu, priešingai nei teigia Prasetya, jos patvirtinimui panaudoja geriausio paaiškinimo išvedimą (GPI).
Seungbae Park
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