28Jul 2024 by Post

Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Source
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14Sep 2023 by Post

Inferring the Best Explanation via Artificial Intelligence

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The analogy with chess is apt — computers play chess but in ways different from us by being able to brute force their way through millions more positions. Source
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13Aug 2021 by Post

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

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I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Source
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06Aug 2021 by Post

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Source
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24Apr 2021 by Post

Why Computers Will Likely Never Perform Abductive Inferences

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If you are going to get a computer to achieve anything like understanding in some subject area, it needs a lot of knowledge. Source
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14Mar 2020 by Post

Biophysicist and Philosopher Kirk Durston on Experimental, Inferential, and Fantasy Science

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On a new episode of ID the Future, biophysicist and philosopher Kirk Durston continues a discussion with host Andrew McDiarmid about three types of science — (1) experimental science, (2) inferential science, and (3) fantasy science. Download the podcast or listen to it here. In this second of three episodes, Durston recaps the three types but focuses on inferential science. He explains how it involves, in the historical sciences, abductive reasoning (inference to the best explanation). He also describes how such reasoning can be used as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information, in such a way that it is rooted in observation. Photo credit: Martin Adams via Unsplash. The post Biophysicist and Philosopher Kirk Durston on Experimental, Inferential, and Fantasy Science appeared first on Evolution News.
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