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Inference to the loveliest explanation
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L'A.L. demontre que les arguments que P. Lipton developpe sur the base of sa these causale de la comprehension sont invalides and that les nombreux criteres qu'il fournit pour expliquer la beaute ne sont autres que les principes de the structure causale du monde.Abstract:
L'A. demontre que les arguments que P. Lipton developpe sur la base de sa these causale de la comprehension sont invalides et que les nombreux criteres qu'il fournit pour expliquer la beaute ne sont autres que les principes de la structure causale du monderead more
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Patterns of abduction
TL;DR: Several kinds of creative abductions are introduced, such as theoretical model abduction, common cause abduction and statistical factor analysis, and the article illustrates them by various real case examples.
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On the distinction between Peirce’s abduction and Lipton’s Inference to the best explanation
TL;DR: It is argued against the tendency in the philosophy of science literature to link abduction to the inference to the best explanation (IBE), and in particular, to claim that Peircean abduction is a conceptual predecessor to IBE.
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Confirmation, Heuristics, and Explanatory Reasoning
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Inference to the best explanation, coherence and other explanatory virtues
TL;DR: The explanationist account of inference to the best explanation (IBE) generalizes and draws a clear distinction between IBE and abduction and presents abduction as the first step of IBE.
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