Suppositional Reasoning in Scientific Explanations
Avital Pilpel
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Suppositional Reasoning in Scientific Explanations

The Role of "for the sake of the argument" Reasoning in Scientific Inquiry

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To suppose X means to pretend to change one?s belief for the sake of the argument to include X. I examine the role of suppositional reasoning in the evaluation of purported scientific explanations of various sorts, based on Hempel and Oppenheim's deductive-nomological and inductive-statistical explanations.First, for each type of explanation, I present the suppositional reasoning conditions it must satisfy. Second, I argue that a specific decision making method (Isaac Levi's) should be used to determine how one is to change one's beliefs for the sake of the argument in each case. Third, I eval...