Schindler, Samuel (2024) Explanatory Stabilization in Situations of Evidential Uncertainty. [Preprint]

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In this paper I issue a challenge to what I call the “Independence Thesis of Theory Assessment” (ITTA). According to ITTA, the evidence for (or against) a theory must be assessed independently from the theory explaining the evidence. I argue that ITTA is undermined by cases of evidential uncertainty, in which scientists have been guided by the explanatory power of their theories in the assessment of the evidence. Instead, I argue, these cases speak in favor of a model of theory assessment in which explanatory power may indeed contribute to the stabilization of the evidential basis.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Schindler, Samuel samuel.schindler@css.au.dk 0000-0002-5656-9840
Additional Information:	forthcoming in the Philosophy of Science journal
Keywords:	theory assessment; explanatory power; explanatory values; theoretical virtues; Bayesianism; historical case studies; discovery
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Theory Change General Issues > Theory/Observation General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Samuel Schindler
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2024 16:49
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2024 16:49
Item ID:	23560
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Theory Change General Issues > Theory/Observation General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23560

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