Inference to the Best Explanation¶
Lipton, P. (2004). Inference to the Best Explanation. Routledge.
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Primes¶
- Abductive Reasoning
- It is also defeasible: a later observation, or the surfacing of a better candidate hypothesis, can overturn what was previously the best explanation, and so the conclusion is always held under a "best so far" rather than a "settled" status, a feature Lipton's 2004 monograph on inference to the best explanation treats as constitutive rather than incidental.
This sourceDevelops inference to the best explanation as a distinctive ampliative inference whose conclusions are held defeasibly under a 'best so far' status; uses the Le Verrier–Adams–Neptune episode as a canonical exemplar of successful scientific abduction.
- It is also defeasible: a later observation, or the surfacing of a better candidate hypothesis, can overturn what was previously the best explanation, and so the conclusion is always held under a "best so far" rather than a "settled" status, a feature Lipton's 2004 monograph on inference to the best explanation treats as constitutive rather than incidental.
- Inductive Reasoning
- Lipton's account
This sourceDevelops inference to the best explanation as a distinctive ampliative inference whose conclusions are held defeasibly under a "best so far" status; uses the Le Verrier–Neptune episode as a canonical scientific exemplar.
- Lipton's account
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