Strong Inference¶
Platt, J. R. (1964). Strong Inference. Science, 146(3642), 347-353.
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Mechanisms¶
- Red-Team Case Search
- Its strength is structural rather than technical: by relocating the disconfirmation incentive to someone who benefits from the counterexample, it counters the confirmation bias
This sourceAdvocates competing hypotheses and crucial tests designed to exclude alternatives, countering one-hypothesis confirmation.
- Its strength is structural rather than technical: by relocating the disconfirmation incentive to someone who benefits from the counterexample, it counters the confirmation bias
- Research Hypothesis Elimination
- Its strength is that it makes explanations compete on evidence rather than prestige, and one crucial test can clear away several rivals at once — the engine of strong inference.
This sourceIt is the canonical account of narrowing explanations by disproof rather than by accumulation, and the reason this method chases the test where the rivals disagree.
- Its strength is that it makes explanations compete on evidence rather than prestige, and one crucial test can clear away several rivals at once — the engine of strong inference.
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