Inference to the Best Explanation, Bayesianism, and the Screening-Off Challenge: A Critical Review
Abstract
Abstract In their 2013 paper, William Roche and Elliott Sober used Bayesian confirmation theory and the probabilistic concept of screening-off to pose problems for the epistemological theory of Inference to the Best Explanation. Several philosophers replied to those criticisms and Roche and Sober refined and extended their critique in subsequent papers. This article assesses where the debate now stands.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and History of Science
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Philosophy
Science
and History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal for General Philosophy of Science
- Publication date
- 3 February 2026
- Language
- EN