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16825 | How do we distinguish negative from irrelevant evidence, if both match the hypothesis? [Lipton] |
Full Idea: How can Best Explanation distinguish negative evidence from irrelevant evidence, when the evidence is logically consistent with the hypothesis? | |
From: Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 05 'A case') | |
A reaction: There seems no answer to this other than to assess batches of evidence by their coherence, rather than one at a time. Anomalies can be conclusive, or pure chance. |