Truth in Evidence and Truth in Arguments without Logical Omniscience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8398338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregor Betz (0000-0001-5802-5030, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1117-1137 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| 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/axv015 |
| OpenAlex | W1974376123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
Science advances by means of argument and debate. Based on a formal model of complex argumentation, this article assesses the interplay between evidential and inferential drivers in scientific controversy, and explains, in particular, why both evidence accumulation and argumentation are veritistically valuable. By improving the conditions for applying veritistic indicators (specifically, degree of justification), novel evidence and arguments allow us to distinguish true from false hypotheses more reliably. Because such veritistic indicators also underpin inductive reasoning, evidence accumulation and argumentation enhance the reliability of inductive inference, for example, inference to the best explanation. 1. Introduction 2. Theory of Dialectical Structures 3. Debate Simulations 4. From Evidence and Arguments to Truth: The First Route 5. From Evidence to Truth: The Second Route 6. Conclusion
Argument (complex analysis) · Argumentation theory · Defeasible reasoning · Dialectic · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Inference · Omniscience · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
Bayes or bust?
The Laws of Belief
Explaining Science
Models of Bounded Rationality
The Great Devonian Controversy
Inference to the Best Explanation
Defeasible Reasoning
Theorie dialektischer Strukturen
Scientific Controversies
Knowledge in a Social World
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Conceptual Revolutions
Justifying inference to the best explanation as a practical meta-syllogism on dialectical structures
Data meet theory
Abstract argumentation and explanation applied to scientific debates
Slightly More Realistic Personal Probability
Learning Theory and the Philosophy of Science
Shattering the Myth of Semmelweis
Debate Dynamics
Controversy
Belief Revision II
The Advancement of Science
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |