Colombo, Matteo and Klein, Dominik (2017) Mystery and the evidential impact of unexplainables. [Preprint]

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What’s the evidential impact of learning that something is a mystery? To answer this question, we first explicate the notion of a mystery in terms of unexplainability. After distinguishing different ways in which something can be unexplainable, we develop a test to evaluate the evidential impact of two distinct types of unexplainables: symmetrical and asymmetrical unexplainables. We argue that only a-symmetrical unexplainables have evidential impact. We finally clarify how our explication of mysteries as unexplainables complements existing accounts of abduction and contributes to the literature on the mystery of consciousness.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Colombo, Matteo m.colombo@uvt.nl Klein, Dominik Dominik.Klein@uni-bayreuth.de
Keywords:	Explanation; Confirmation; Unexplainability; Mystery; Credences; Consciousness
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Formal Learning Theory
Depositing User:	Dr. Matteo Colombo
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2017 13:54
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2017 13:54
Item ID:	12934
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Formal Learning Theory
Date:	2017
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12934

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