Underdetermination and theory preference

pp. 145-165

in: John Wright, An epistemic foundation for scientific realism, Berlin, Springer, 2018

Abstract

Let us begin by reviewing the main results of the previous chapter. It was argued that, provided certain conditions are met, we can construct a purely probabilistic inference to some scientific realist claims. To recap, it was argued that we are justified in adopting realism with respect to some theory T if: