Schindler, Samuel (2017) A coherentist conception of ad hoc hypotheses. [Preprint]

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What does it mean for a hypothesis to be ad hoc? One prominent account has it that ad hoc hypotheses have no independent empirical support. Others have viewed ad hoc judgements as subjective. Here I critically review both of these views and defend my own Coherentist Conception of Ad hocness by working out its conceptual and descriptive attractions.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Schindler, Samuel sks@css.au.dk
Additional Information:	forthcoming in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Keywords:	ad hoc hypothesis, confirmation; independent support; novel success; coherence
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Structure of Theories
Depositing User:	Samuel Schindler
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2017 17:58
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2017 17:58
Item ID:	14055
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Structure of Theories
Date:	October 2017
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14055

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