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Inference to the best explanation and bayesianism

Stathis Psillos

pp. 83-91

Résumé

Niiniluoto (2003) has offered an incisive and comprehensive review of the recent debates about abduction. There is little on which I disagree with him. So, in this commentary, I shall try to cast some doubts to the attempts to render Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) within a Bayesian framework.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Stadler Friedrich (2004) Induction and deduction in the sciences. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 83-91

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-2196-1_6

Citation complète:

Psillos Stathis, 2004, Inference to the best explanation and bayesianism. In F. Stadler (ed.) Induction and deduction in the sciences (83-91). Dordrecht, Springer.