Tag: inference to the best explanation
God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge
The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists.
Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis
Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts.
Why Computers Will Likely Never Perform Abductive Inferences
If you are going to get a computer to achieve anything like understanding in some subject area, it needs a lot of knowledge.
Biophysicist and Philosopher Kirk Durston on Experimental, Inferential, and Fantasy Science
In a conversation with host Andrew McDiarmid, Dr. Durston describes how abductive reasoning can be used as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information.