The Inference to the Best Explanation: A Brief Defense
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me12.313Keywords:
inference, explanation, science, hypothesisAbstract
When you have differing explanations about a fact or a set of observations, it could mean that there exist different theories showing that situation. There are several theories that contend between other ones with an aim to demonstrate that one of them is a correct option, the solution might be confused. Nevertheless, there exists a highly safe procedure to decide which explanation is the best. Its name is the inference to the best explanation (IBE). Its features could be kind of difficult when looking for a specific definition of this. The critics against that inference have not been waiting. This paper defends IBE uses, because it can be considered that critics are not disastrous, even though this model might be modified to answer better regarding these approaches.
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