Questions tagged [abduction]
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Are there any fallacies in Stephen C. Meyer's argument for classical theism from the Big Bang singularity?
Christian YouTuber and apologist Brandon McGuire recently shared a review of Piers Morgan's interview with Stephen C. Meyer, author of Return of the God Hypothesis, on his talk show Piers Morgan ...
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Explain the answer from Reddit and give an explanation about Occam's Razor
https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/bwcjpv/does_occams_razor_imply_solipsismsimulationism/
It says that Occam's razor can only be applied to competing theories:
"Occam's Razor is a ...
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Is there any difference between abduction and induction in Bayesian terms?
In abduction we take some observations and try to find the hypothesis that best explains them.
In Bayesian terms this sounds like finding the Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) estimate. To a Bayesian, "...
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Explain what the simplicity in this argument is based on
Other people have minds because it is the best explanation for other people's behavior because the existence of other minds is a simpler and more understandable explanation:
It does not make me ...
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Is it reasonable to use induction to justify belief in the existence of other minds? [duplicate]
Is it reasonable to use an argument by analogy (induction) to justify belief in the existence of other minds?
The principle of the uniformity of nature is used in the argument by analogy.
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Are all arguments for the existence of other minds circular?
The argument from analogy and the best explanation argument (IBE) rely on the claim that my mental states are responsible for my behavior and then conclude that the behavior of other people is caused ...
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Does psychophysical harmony strongly point toward theism?
From Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism, by Brian Cutter & Dustin Crummett:
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This paper develops a new argument from consciousness to theism: the argument from ...
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Can an extraordinary hypothesis ever be the best explanation for a set of historical facts?
As a motivating example, I have in mind the minimal facts argument for the resurrection of Jesus, espoused by Christian apologists such as Gary Habermas, Michael Licona, and William Lane Craig. The ...
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Fallacy of the Devil You Know
I just made up that name for the fallacy, but I'm wondering if there is a more common term for it. The fallacy is basically inferring from an inconclusive set of evidence to a particular explanation ...
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Is predictive power a criterion for pragmatism?
Is predictive power a criterion for pragmatism?
In inference to the best explanation, one of the criteria is prognostic power.
Does this criterion refer to pragmatism?
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Meaning of falsification in different context
What is the meaning of devil's advocate. Is it same as falsification/falsifiability ?
Can we use falsifiability/falsification for abductive reasoning ?
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abductive reasoning in many fields of study
In continuation of the discussion What is the relation between abductive reasoning and fallacy? my question is that if medical science judiciary history all uses abductive reasoning (almost all the ...
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What does the IBE argument (the best explanation argument) look like in favor of the existence of other minds?
I have read several versions of the IBE argument for the existence of other minds.
But I got a little confused.
Now I'm not sure I know what it should sound like.
How should the IBE argument (argument ...
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How does the IBE arrive at the best explanation?
What is meant by the behavior of other people in argument?
Here it is said that the simplicity of the explanation is decisive in choosing the best explanation.
Solipsism has fewer entities(only my ...
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How is it determined which explanation is simpler?
One of the criteria of IBE is simplicity.
How to determine which explanation is simpler if there are two types of simplicity:
one type counts the number of hearings, and the other type counts the ...
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