Inference to the Best Explanation

Subject Areas : Philosophy

رضا علیزاده ممقانی ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2008-01-21 Accepted : 2008-03-12 Published : 2007-09-23

Keywords: Explanation, inference to the best explanat, scientific&#x0D, &#x0D, realism, abduction, background belief,

Abstract :

Explanation is one of the main purposes of scientific research thatphilosophers of science have paid attention on it. Inference to the BestExplanation (I.B.E) is one the explanation models for this aim. Here,firstly, a detailed account of I.B.E model is presented, accompanying witha few critical explications on it; secondly, we take a realistic approachtowards the topic in question; finally, we propose an epistemologicalsummary and solution to the problem