Critical evaluation of Bas van Fraassen's objections to the EMI
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https://doi.org/10.62876/lr.v0i27.3238Keywords:
van Fraassen, scientific Realism and Antirealism , Inference towards the best explanation, self-evident assumptionsAbstract
In considering the merits of the so-called 'Inference to the Best Explanation' (IME), especially in the framework of the Realism-Antirrealism Scientific debate, the objective of this paper is to reconstruct van Fraassen's main objections to the EMI in order to evaluate them and explain those relevant assumptions that are implicit in their arguments. Thus we will arrive at the idea that these are not self-evident assumptions, so they must be demonstrated, otherwise, many of the arguments presented here are inconclusive.
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