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The Supremacy of IBE over Bayesian Conditionalization

open access: yesProblemos, 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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A roof for the atrium of the House of the Greek Epigrams in Pompeii? A three-dimensional critical study

open access: yesTheoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2022
Over the last few decades, a critical revision of prior scholarship concerning Roman domestic space has led to the reappraisal of the traditional account of the atrium suggesting a possibility for this space to be ‘unroofed’.
Danilo Marco Campanaro
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On Angels, Demons, and Ghosts: Is Justified Belief in Spiritual Entities Possible?

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Belief in the existence of spiritual entities is an integral part of many people’s religious worldview. Angels appear, demons possess, ghosts haunt. But is belief that such entities exist justified? If not, are there conditions in which it would be?
David Kyle Johnson
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How Does Explanatory Virtue Determine Probability Estimation?—Empirical Discussion on Effect of Instruction

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
It is important to reveal how humans evaluate an explanation of the recent development of explainable artificial intelligence. So, what makes people feel that one explanation is more likely than another?
Asaya Shimojo   +2 more
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Does Scientific Realism Beg the Question?

open access: yesInformal Logic, 1996
In a series of influential articles, the anti-realist Arthur Fine has repeatedly charged that a certain very popular argument for scientific realism, that only realism can explain the instrumental success of science, begs the question. I argue that on no
Geoffrey Gorham
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Bad Lots, Good Explanations

open access: yesCrítica, 2019
Van Fraassen's argument from the "bad lot" challenges realist interpretations of inference to the best explanation (IBE). In this paper I begin by discussing the replies suggested by S. Psillos and P. Lipton. I do not find them convincing.
Valeriano Iranzo
doaj   +1 more source

How to Make AlphaGo’s Children Explainable

open access: yesPhilosophies, 2022
Under the rubric of understanding the problem of explainability of AI in terms of abductive cognition, I propose to review the lessons from AlphaGo and her more powerful successors.
Woosuk Park
doaj   +1 more source

The Pessimistic Induction and the Golden Rule [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Nickles (2017) advocates scientific antirealism by appealing to the pessimistic induction over scientific theories, the illusion hypothesis (Quoidbach, Gilbert, and Wilson, 2013), and Darwin’s evolutionary theory.
Park, Seungbae
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On Inferring Explanations and Inference to the Best Explanation

open access: yesEpisteme, 2023
AbstractAlthough the inferring of explanations plays an important role in both our everyday lives and in the workings of science, I argue that inference to the best explanation as it is commonly conceived is often not the best way to capture this sort of reasoning. I suggest that a different form of reasoning – so-called immediate explanatory inference
openaire   +2 more sources

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