Harker, David (2012) Inference to the Best Explanation and the Importance of Peculiarly Explanatory Virtues. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Inference to the best explanation has at times appeared almost indistinguishable from a rule that recommends simply that we should infer the hypothesis which is most plausible given available evidence. In this paper I argue that avoiding this collapse requires the identification of peculiarly explanatory virtues and consider Woodward's concept of invariance as an example of such a virtue. An additional benefit of augmenting IBE with Woodward's model of causal explanation is also suggested.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Harker, David harkerd@etsu.edu
Keywords:	Inference to the best explanation; Lipton; Woodward; Invariance;
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Depositing User:	Dr David Harker
Date Deposited:	15 Aug 2012 15:37
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2012 15:37
Item ID:	9278
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Date:	14 August 2012
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9278

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