Inference to the best explanation and bayesianism

Stathis Psillos

pp. 83-91

in: Friedrich Stadler (ed), Induction and deduction in the sciences, Berlin, Springer, 2004

Abstract

Niiniluoto (2003) has offered an incisive and comprehensive review of the recent debates about abduction. There is little on which I disagree with him. So, in this commentary, I shall try to cast some doubts to the attempts to render Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) within a Bayesian framework.