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▼a 9780438300941 |
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▼a (MiAaPQ)AAI10931485 |
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▼d 248032 |
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▼a 501 |
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▼a Cabrera, Frank. |
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▼a Inference to the Best Explanation, Bayesianism, and the Context of Pursuit. |
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▼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. |
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▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A. |
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▼a Adviser: Elliott Sober. |
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▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2018. |
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▼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 |
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▼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 |
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▼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 |
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▼a School code: 0262. |
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▼a Philosophy of science. |
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▼a Epistemology. |
| 650 | 4 |
▼a Metaphysics. |
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▼a 0402 |
| 690 | |
▼a 0393 |
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▼a 0396 |
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▼a The University of Wisconsin - Madison.
▼b Philosophy. |
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▼t Dissertation Abstracts International
▼g 79-12A(E). |
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▼t Dissertation Abstract International |
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▼a 0262 |
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▼a Ph.D. |
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▼a 2018 |
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▼a English |
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▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T15001040
▼n KERIS |
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▼a 201812
▼f 2019 |
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▼a 관리자 |