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Single Idea 17602
[filed under theme 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 6. Verisimilitude
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Full Idea
A scientific theory is progressively approximating the truth if it increases its explanatory coherence by broadening to more phenomena and deepening by investigating layers of mechanisms.
Gist of Idea
Verisimilitude comes from including more phenomena, and revealing what underlies
Source
Paul Thagard (Coherence: The Price is Right [2012], p.46)
Book Ref
-: 'Southern Journal of Philosophy' [-], p.46
The
13 ideas
from Paul Thagard
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17596
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Coherence problems have positive and negative restraints; solutions maximise constraint satisfaction
[Thagard]
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17597
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Coherence is explanatory, deductive, conceptual, analogical, perceptual, and deliberative
[Thagard]
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17598
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Explanatory coherence needs symmetry,explanation,analogy,data priority, contradiction,competition,acceptance
[Thagard]
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17600
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Bayesian inference is forced to rely on approximations
[Thagard]
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17599
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The best theory has the highest subjective (Bayesian) probability?
[Thagard]
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17602
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Verisimilitude comes from including more phenomena, and revealing what underlies
[Thagard]
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17601
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Neither a priori rationalism nor sense data empiricism account for scientific knowledge
[Thagard]
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17064
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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17065
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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17066
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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17067
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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17068
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5: Contradictory propositions incohere
[Thagard, by Smart]
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17069
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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system
[Thagard, by Smart]
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