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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

16841	Good inference has mechanism, precision, scope, simplicity, fertility and background fit [Lipton]
	Full Idea: Among the inferential virtues commonly cited are mechanism, precision, scope, simplicity, fertility or fruitfulness, and fit with background beliefs.
	From: Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 08 'the guiding')
	A reaction: [He cites Hempel, Kuhn, Quine, and Newton-Smith] I take the over-arching term 'coherence' to cover much of this, though a bolder hypothesis offers more than mere coherence.