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Inference to the best theory, rather than inference to the best explanation. Kinds of abduction and induction
In Friedrich Stadler, Induction and Deduction in the Sciences. Dordrecht, Netherland: Springer. pp. 25-51 (2004)
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An interesting consequence of the structuralist theory of truth approximation, as developed in my From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism , henceforth ICR, concerns so-called ‘inference to the best explanation’ . It will be argued that this popular rule among scientific realists can better be replaced by, various kinds of, ‘inference to the best theory’Author's Profile
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