On the pragmatic and epistemic virtues of inference to the best explanation

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03338-7MaRDI QIDQ6180129zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Richard Pettigrew

Publication date 19 January 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11229-021-03338-7

zbMATH Keywords

abductionaccuracyBayesianismcredencesDutch book argumentDutch strategy argumentevidenceinference to the best explanationpragmatic arguments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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