Inference to the best explanation: does it track truth?

DOI10.1007/S11229-010-9829-9zbMATH Open1274.62054OpenAlexW2022583135MaRDI QIDQ375344FDOQ375344

David H. Glass

Publication date: 30 October 2013

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9829-9

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zbMATH Keywords

coherenceuncertaintytruthBayesianismexplanationconfirmation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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