Add to ORKGEarlier in this volume, Wesley Salmon has given a characteristically clear and trenchant critique of the account of non-demonstrative reasoning known by the slogan `Inference to the Best Explanation'. As a long-time fan of the idea that explanatory considerations are a guide to inference, I was delighted by the suggestion that We
Many philosophers argue that explanatoriness plays no special role in confirmation – that “inference...
Despite decades of focused philosophical investigation, Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) stil...
In his (1989) van Fraassen argues that Inference to the Best Explanation is incoherent in the sense...
This chapter examines issues surrounding inference to the best explanation, its justification, and i...
Abstract What are we doing when we make inferences? I argue that to make an inference is to attach i...
Many philosophical accounts of scientific explanation purport to be pragmatic. They claim that what ...
The dissertation analyses inference to the best explanation (IBE). Firstly, the thesis explicates th...
Inference to the best explanation (IBE) is theoretically interesting in that it promises to throw ne...
The problem of scientific explanation as it pertains to the explanation of singular facts or events ...
In this article, I will provide a critical overview of the form of non-deductive reasoning commonly ...
In this paper, we provide a formal logical model of evidential reasoning with proof standards and bu...
This article discusses how inference to the best explanation (IBE) can be justified as a practical m...
Defenders of Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) claim that explanatory factors should play an i...
What is an inference? Logicians and philosophers have proposed various conceptions of inference. I s...
Human reasoning often involves explanation. In everyday affairs, people reason to hypotheses based o...
Many philosophers argue that explanatoriness plays no special role in confirmation – that “inference...
Despite decades of focused philosophical investigation, Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) stil...
In his (1989) van Fraassen argues that Inference to the Best Explanation is incoherent in the sense...
This chapter examines issues surrounding inference to the best explanation, its justification, and i...
Abstract What are we doing when we make inferences? I argue that to make an inference is to attach i...
Many philosophical accounts of scientific explanation purport to be pragmatic. They claim that what ...
The dissertation analyses inference to the best explanation (IBE). Firstly, the thesis explicates th...
Inference to the best explanation (IBE) is theoretically interesting in that it promises to throw ne...
The problem of scientific explanation as it pertains to the explanation of singular facts or events ...
In this article, I will provide a critical overview of the form of non-deductive reasoning commonly ...
In this paper, we provide a formal logical model of evidential reasoning with proof standards and bu...
This article discusses how inference to the best explanation (IBE) can be justified as a practical m...
Defenders of Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) claim that explanatory factors should play an i...
What is an inference? Logicians and philosophers have proposed various conceptions of inference. I s...
Human reasoning often involves explanation. In everyday affairs, people reason to hypotheses based o...
Many philosophers argue that explanatoriness plays no special role in confirmation – that “inference...
Despite decades of focused philosophical investigation, Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) stil...
In his (1989) van Fraassen argues that Inference to the Best Explanation is incoherent in the sense...