Questions tagged [explanation]
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Is it plausible to believe in the existence of other minds if all arguments have been criticized?
I believe that other people also have minds.
To believe in other minds, arguments are needed.
All arguments in favor of the existence of other minds are subject to strong criticism.
So it turns out ...
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Does science have any separate arguments for the existence of other minds?
For example, there is an argument of the best explanation in favor of the existence of other minds.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/#BestExpl
Is this argument used in science or is this ...
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When can we call an explanation "rational"?
There are a lot of questions involving rational judgment, rational choice, rational explanation, and so on.
At the same time, it seems that "being rational" is a guiding principle for many ...
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Which question is right for functional analysis?
I'm trying to understand functional analysis (Cummins, R. view) but i'm confused about how to perform it, which questions to ask.
"The Analytical Strategy proceeds by analyzing a disposition
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Why can't numbers be 'used up'?
I was speaking with a young student who has been learning about addition and subtraction (essentially functions, but he doesn't know that yet) with the idea of a 'number machine' and he could not ...
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Are all arguments for the existence of other minds circular?
The argument from analogy and the best explanation argument (IBE) rely on the claim that my mental states are responsible for my behavior and then conclude that the behavior of other people is caused ...
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Are there circular reasoning in these explanations? [duplicate]
Other people have minds like mine because:
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Other people have minds like mine:
other people are biologically very similar to me
the behavior of other people is very similar to my behavior.
my ...
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Can we know that something exists even if we can't explain or define it?
Can a person know that something like "free will" must exist even though an exact definition in words, using language, cannot be provided, and in the absence of a complete theory that ...
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Are there cases where psychology has offered successful scientific explanations for phenomena that neuroscience hasn't?
Firstly, is there a distinction between a psychological explanation and a neuroscientific one for the same phenomenon?
Imagine if I posed a question to the entire field of psychology, seeking the best ...
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How is it possible to explain a logical language through a natural one?
Suppose we are to learn a subject like mathematics, then for it's precision and rigor, the topics discussed are described in terms of theories of logic. Suppose a student wishes to learn mathematics, ...
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Is "explaining away" something without offering details ever justified? How detailed should an explanation be to be considered valid?
In a recent question I asked if it was epistemologically sound to consider alternative theories of consciousness to explain the visual phenomena that people blind from birth experience during a near-...
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What does the IBE argument (the best explanation argument) look like in favor of the existence of other minds?
I have read several versions of the IBE argument for the existence of other minds.
But I got a little confused.
Now I'm not sure I know what it should sound like.
How should the IBE argument (argument ...
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What argument in favor of other minds is relevant now? [duplicate]
As far as I understand the best explanation argument is the best argument for the existence of other minds, but I don't understand what is meant here: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/#...
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Can an extraordinary hypothesis ever be the best explanation for a set of historical facts?
As a motivating example, I have in mind the minimal facts argument for the resurrection of Jesus, espoused by Christian apologists such as Gary Habermas, Michael Licona, and William Lane Craig. The ...
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Arguing that English does not satisfy the Tarski condition by appealing to truth value gap
I am reading Graham Priest's In Contradiction (P.12), where he is asserting that English satisfies the Tarski condition (a variant of semantic closure) and thus contains true contradiction.
He ...
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What is meant by the behavior of other people in argument?
What is meant by the behavior of other people in the best explanation argument?
What is included in the behavior of other people?
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/#BestExpl
How does the ...
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"Inference to the Best Explanation if the Best is Sufficiently Good"
The reliability of Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) is sometimes contested because it may end up recommending the best of a bad lot, which might require a modification of IBE (e.g. contra ...
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Bayes and unknown probabilites: is this reasoning from the failure of explanation a fallacy?
Bayesian probability is an interpretation of the concept of
probability, in which, instead of frequency or propensity of some
phenomenon, probability is interpreted as reasonable expectation
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What is the solution to the problem of other minds? [duplicate]
Can you explain which solution to the problem of other minds is the best.
As I understand it, the best explanation argument is the best solution to the problem of other minds.
It is written here: ...
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What's the solution to the problem of other minds? [duplicate]
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/
I have never understood what the solution to the problem of other minds is.
At first, the article said that:
"One standard line of reply to this ...
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How to understand "type-which-corresponds-to"?
In the comment on How do we define this?, user g s wrote a deleted comment indicating that things could be defined using "type-which-corresponds-to" (exact quote from memory). They followed ...