Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology
Contrary to the view maintained by many philosophers that science employs the deductive testing of hypotheses, observational natural sciences such as paleoanthropology and the earth sciences apply a scientific methodology consisting in the proposal of hypotheses which are best fitted to the availabl...
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| description | Contrary to the view maintained by many philosophers that science employs the deductive testing of hypotheses, observational natural sciences such as paleoanthropology and the earth sciences apply a scientific methodology consisting in the proposal of hypotheses which are best fitted to the available empirical data, i.e. which best explain the data. Observational natural sciences are predominantly empirical. They are grounded in observation, and they do not implement any Popperian deductive testing of hypotheses. Theoretical natural sciences such as mathematical physics also apply inference to the best explanation for the introduction of significant concepts and hypotheses. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that in contemporary science, the use of abductive reasoning continues to be as effective as ever. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c244fc733304e799825d2a2c11b810b2022-12-21T22:49:26ZdeuUniversidad Complutense de MadridRevista de Filosofia0034-82441988-284X2015-09-0140214315210.5209/rev_RESF.2015.v40.n2.5006047572Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in CosmologyAndrés Rivadulla RodríguezContrary to the view maintained by many philosophers that science employs the deductive testing of hypotheses, observational natural sciences such as paleoanthropology and the earth sciences apply a scientific methodology consisting in the proposal of hypotheses which are best fitted to the available empirical data, i.e. which best explain the data. Observational natural sciences are predominantly empirical. They are grounded in observation, and they do not implement any Popperian deductive testing of hypotheses. Theoretical natural sciences such as mathematical physics also apply inference to the best explanation for the introduction of significant concepts and hypotheses. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that in contemporary science, the use of abductive reasoning continues to be as effective as ever.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/50060abducciónciencias observacionalesciencias teóricaspaleoantropologíacosmología. |
| spellingShingle | Andrés Rivadulla Rodríguez Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology Revista de Filosofia abducción ciencias observacionales ciencias teóricas paleoantropología cosmología. |
| title | Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology |
| title_full | Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology |
| title_fullStr | Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology |
| title_short | Abduction in Observational and in Theoretical Sciences. Some Examples of IBE in Palaeontology and in Cosmology |
| title_sort | abduction in observational and in theoretical sciences some examples of ibe in palaeontology and in cosmology |
| topic | abducción ciencias observacionales ciencias teóricas paleoantropología cosmología. |
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