... argumentative structures is presented as an alternative to the idea of providing a formally rigid and supposedly universal account of ‘inference to the best explanation’. Abduction argument argumentative structure explanation inference to the best explanation meta-argument Toulmin’s model This paper...

...). Subsequently, we discuss an argument that has been presented by Mark Siebel for non-reductionism, viz. that probability cannot fulfill the role that coherence plays in explanation (Section 4). We analyse the role of inference to the best explanation (IBE) and stress the importance of distinguishing...

...Claudio Michelon Email: [email protected] Abstract Courts use inferences to the best explanation in many contexts and for a variety of purposes. Yet our understanding of lawyers’ uses of this inferential form is insufficient. In this article, after briefly introducing this inferential form, I...

... confirmation. Sober Elliot explanation confirmation Bayesian confirmation theory inference to the best explanation Roche and Sober (2013) have offered a novel argument for the view that a hypothesis is not confirmed by (what they call) its ‘explanatoriness’: its capacity to explain. They see...

...Finnur Dellsén © The Authors 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Analysis Trust. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected] 2017 Abstract Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) is widely criticized for being an unreliable...

... disjunction jury instructions Bayesian inference to the best explanation explanationism fuzzy set theory legitimacy procedural justice Ever since L. Jonathan Cohen first described it, ¹ the conjunction paradox has troubled scholars of proof. ² Stated in simple terms...

... oneself; then we move on to argue that even if this were the case, Shand’s argument does not give extra weight to the Predictive Theory of Mind. Predictive Theory of Mind chess explanatory power inference to the best explanation In a recent Analysis piece, John Shand (2014) argues...

... the implications of that theory are affected by the various matters that I have discussed. I now turn to the general theory of burdens of proof. evidence proof burdens of proof burden of persuasion and production epistemology decision theory inference to the best explanation abduction My topic is burdens...

... of philosophy of science, the dominant theory of confirmation is Bayesian. In the wider philosophical world, the idea of inference to the best explanation exerts a considerable influence. Here we place the two worlds in collision, using Bayesian confirmation theory to argue that explanatoriness is evidentially...

... does lead them closer to the truth, and hence tracks truth approximation conceived as the main aim of inquiry. The consequences of our analysis for some recent discussions concerning belief revision aiming at truth approximation and inference to the best explanation are also highlighted. Verisimilitude...

... rationally be approximated. Solutions to legal problems within the legal system as a whole (as compared to any particular node within the legal system) are arrived at through a process of inference to the best explanation that occurs within a highly interconnected set of nodes similar to a neural or social...

...Floris Bex; Douglas Walton Law, Probability and Risk (2012) 11, 113–133 doi:10.1093/lpr/mgs003 Advance Access publication on May 29, 2012 Burdens and standards of proof for inference to the best explanation: threecasestudies...

... justification is important. Particular regard will thus be given to inference to the best explanation as a general principle of scientific explanation, to take full account of Smith’s judgement concerning the preference and acceptance of theories in scientific history. All of these will help us determine...

... judgments deductive inferences explanations and inductive inferences language explanation understanding abduction abductive inference inference to the best explanation self-explanation This chapter considers a ubiquitous but understudied aspect of human cognition: explanation. Both children...

... and tried to reconcile Christian doctrine with modern science. The author’s reply to Collins is guided by the idea that interpretation is a form of inference to the best explanation. Cephas and Apollos Collins Jeffrey Constantine Emperor David King of Israel episcopacy Erastianism Independency Paul...

... to the best explanation Moral intuitions Justified belief It has become commonplace in epistemology to distinguish between ‘foundationalism’ and ‘coherentism’. According to foundationalism, a person, S, at a time t, is justified in the belief that p, if, and only if, p is itself self-evident for S at t...

... of mind First-person reports Dream reports Dream color Inference to the best explanation Cassette theory of dreaming Anti-skepticism Heterophenomenology Neurophenomenology Introspection Descriptive experience sampling The preceding chapters have established the central role of the experiential...

... on induction and yet Hume’s argument seems to show that induction cannot be rationally justified. Inference to the best explanation is discussed, using Darwin’s theory of evolution and Einstein’s work on Brownian motion as examples. Causal inference and the use of randomized experiments are then examined...

... a convenient way of predicting the results of observation and experiment. The ‘no miracles’ argument, one of the strongest arguments for scientific realism, is shown to be a plausibility argument—an inference to the best explanation. Central to the debate between realism and anti-realism is the observable...