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1001 ▼a Cabrera, Frank.
24510 ▼a Inference to the Best Explanation, Bayesianism, and the Context of Pursuit.
260 ▼a [S.l.]: ▼b The University of Wisconsin - Madison., ▼c 2018.
260 1 ▼a Ann Arbor: ▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ▼c 2018.
300 ▼a 274 p.
500 ▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
500 ▼a Adviser: Elliott Sober.
5021 ▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2018.
520 ▼a This dissertation critically examines the popular model of non-demonstrative inference known as "Inference to the Best Explanation" (IBE), and more broadly, the role that explanatory considerations play in scientific practice. Despite its seemin
520 ▼a My conclusions about the status of IBE, however, are mixed. While I show how some traditional objections that have plagued IBE can be solved (Chs. 1-2), I conclude that IBE, at least in its canonical formulation, is untenable as an account of sc
520 ▼a To defend this view, I appeal to the recent high-profile dispute over the scientific legitimacy of string theory. Ultimately then, we are left with a two-tiered view of the explanatory virtues, one according to which some virtues relevant to wha
590 ▼a School code: 0262.
650 4 ▼a Philosophy of science.
650 4 ▼a Epistemology.
650 4 ▼a Metaphysics.
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71020 ▼a The University of Wisconsin - Madison. ▼b Philosophy.
7730 ▼t Dissertation Abstracts International ▼g 79-12A(E).
773 ▼t Dissertation Abstract International
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791 ▼a Ph.D.
792 ▼a 2018
793 ▼a English
85640 ▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T15001040 ▼n KERIS ▼z 이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
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