Full Idea
We should considere Inference to the Loveliest Potential Explanation, …which links the search for truth and the search for understanding in a fundamental way.
Gist of Idea
Finding the 'loveliest' potential explanation links truth to understanding
Source
Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 04 'Spelling')
Book Reference
Lipton,Peter: 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd ed)' [Routledge 2004], p.61
Related Idea
Idea 16818 The 'likeliest' explanation is the best supported; the 'loveliest' gives the most understanding [Lipton]