Inference to the best explanation: does it track truth?

In the form of inference known as inference to the best explanation there are various ways to characterise what is meant by the best explanation. This paper considers a number of such characterisations including several based on confirmation measures and several based on coherence measures. The goal...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 185; no. 3; pp. 411 - 428
Autor principal: Glass, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2012
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