Confirmation, Explanation, and Logical Strength
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8398178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David E Nelson (0000-0002-5034-0885, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 399-413 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/47.3.399 |
| OpenAlex | W2067388300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Van Fraassen argues that explanatory power cannot be a conformational virtue. In this paper I will show that informational features of scientific theories can be positively relevant to their levels of conformation. Thus, in the cases where the explanatory power of a theory is tied to an informational feature of the theory, it can still be the case that the explanatory power of the theory is positively relevant to its level of confirmation.
Epistemology · Explanatory model · Explanatory power · Feature (linguistics) · Linguistics · Physics · Power (physics) · Virtue · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Science and Climate Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |