European University Institute – University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Tuesday, 23 July, first afternoon session: 14h-15h30
Inference to the Best Explanation (Scott Brewer, Giovanni Sartor)
Themes covered in this session:
- The invariant structure of inference to the best explanation
- Different species of inference to the best explanation (including inference to the best factual, interpretive, legal, logical explanation)
- Relation of inference to the best explanation to deductive, inductive and analogical modes of inference
- Induction and defeasibility
Handouts and slides
- Brewer, S. Abducing Abduction (link)
Readings
- Brown, The Economy of Peirce’s Abduction (link)
Cases
- Drennan v Star Paving (link)
- James Baird v. Gimbel Bros. (link)
Optional readings
- Searight v. New Jersey (link)
- Shelley v. Kramer (link)
- Sinnott-Armstrong and Fogelin, Understanding Arguments, 8th ed., pages 257-76 (link)
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