Inference to the Best Explanation

Peter Lipton, 2004. Routledge.

Second edition of Lipton's book on inference to the best explanation, the view that we accept the hypothesis that would best explain the evidence, enlarged with a chapter on how this relates to Bayesian reasoning.

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What it's used for here

The inquiry-framework report uses its idea of the 'loveliest' explanation (scope, precision, mechanism, unification), applied only among hypotheses still standing.

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Lipton, P. (2004). Inference to the Best Explanation. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203470855

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