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> It's an inference to the best explanation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/ No empirical evidence c
by KerrAvon 3y ago
> It's an inference to the best explanation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/ No empirical evidence conclusively proves its true explanation, but the best available explanation is the most likely correct one.
This is gibberish, dude. If we don't know, let's admit we don't know. "the best available explanation is the most likely correct one" is not even close to reality.
- cubefox 3y ago> This is gibberish, dude. If we don't know, let's admit we don't know. "the best available explanation is the most likely correct one" is not even close to reality. By this standard you don't know anything, since you can never rule out (bad) alternative explanations with certainty.