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work_u3hv3ubbkjcb7ilch6scl74fc4	Rune Nyrup	How Explanatory Reasoning Justifies Pursuit: A Peircean View of IBE	2015	18	.pdf	application/pdf	5482	407	57	How Explanatory Reasoning Justifies Pursuit: A Peircean View of IBE Abstract: This paper defends an account of explanatory reasoning generally, and inference Peirce held that only empirical investigations can justify accepting a hypothesis, insisting that abduction gives us no reason to regard a hypothesis as true, except insofar as it leads to general account of pursuit and then, in Section 4, show how explanatory reasoning can Since scientists generally aim to discover good explanations, if a hypothesis 4. How Explanatory Reasoning Justifies Pursuit explanatory reasoning justifies pursuing a hypothesis H by showing that it would be more that the most explanatory hypothesis is true would be the optimal epistemic outcome as far pursuing the most explanatory hypothesis (given that we focus on epistemic goals). considering a possible objection: Justifying the pursuit of a hypothesis still involves more reason to pursue a hypothesis.	./cache/work_u3hv3ubbkjcb7ilch6scl74fc4.pdf	./txt/work_u3hv3ubbkjcb7ilch6scl74fc4.txt