Dellsén, Finnur (2024) Inferring to the Best Explanation from Uncertain Evidence. [Preprint]

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This paper presents a new problem for the inference rule commonly known as Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE). The problem is that uncertainty about parts of one’s evidence may undermine the inferrability of a hypothesis that would provide the best explanation of that evidence, especially in cases where there is an alternative hypothesis that would provide a better explanation of only the more certain pieces of evidence. A potential solution to the problem is sketched, in which IBE is generalized to handle uncertain evidence by invoking a notion of evidential robustness.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Dellsén, Finnur finnurd@gmail.com 0000-0003-4989-4204
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Explanation
Depositing User:	Dr. Finnur Dellsén
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2024 18:52
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2024 18:52
Item ID:	23705
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Explanation
Date:	2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23705

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