Inference to the best theory, rather than inference to the best explanation. Kinds of abduction and induction

In Friedrich Stadler (ed.), Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Springer. pp. 25-51 (2004)
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Abstract

An interesting consequence of the structuralist theory of truth approximation, as developed in my From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism , henceforth ICR, concerns so-called ‘inference to the best explanation’ . It will be argued that this popular rule among scientific realists can better be replaced by, various kinds of, ‘inference to the best theory’

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