Inference to the best explanation / Peter Lipton.
By: Lipton, Peter.
Material type: BookSeries: Philosophical issues in science: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1991Description: x, 194 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415058864.Subject(s): Science -- Philosophy | Science -- Methodology | Inference | ExplanationDDC classification: 153.432Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Bibliography: (pages190-192) and index.
Induction -- Explanation -- The causal model -- Inference to the best explanation -- Constrastive inference -- The raven paradox -- Loveliness and inference -- Prediction and prejudice -- Truth and explanation.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction
- 1 Induction Underdetermination Justification Description
- 2 Explanation Understanding Explanation Reason, Familiarity, Deduction, Unification, Necessity
- 3 The Causal Model Fact and Foil Failed Reductions and False Differences Causal Triangulation
- 4 Inference to the Best Explanation Spelling out the Slogan Attractions and Repulsions
- 5 Contrastive Inference A Case Study Explanation and Deduction
- 6 The Raven Paradox Unsuitable Contrasts The Method of Agreement
- 7 Bayesian Abduction The Bayesian Approach The Explanationist and the Bayesian should be Friends Contrastive Inference Revisited
- 8 Explanation as a Guide to Inference The Guiding Claim Improved Coverage Explanatory Obsessions From Cause to Explanation
- 9 Loveliness and Truth Voltaire's Objection The Two Stage Process Is the Best Good Enough?
- 10 Prediction and Prejudice The Puzzle The Fudging Explanation Actual and Assessed Support
- 11 Truth and Explanation Circularity A Bad Explanation The Scientific Evidence
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index