Coherence measures and inference to the best explanation

DOI10.1007/s11229-006-9055-7zbMath1126.03009OpenAlexW2095774257MaRDI QIDQ2460167

David H. Glass

Publication date: 14 November 2007

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-006-9055-7

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of scienceexplanationabductionBayesianisminference to the best explanationprobabilistic measures of coherence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Probability and inductive logic (03B48)

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