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'''Inference to the best explanation''' (IBE) is an alternative method to evaluating the explanatory worth of theories. Psychologists traditionally have evaluated theories employing the [[Hypothetico-deductive model]] but as Jansen (2004)<ref> Jensen, M. (2003) COI stories. Explanation and evidence in the history of science. Perspecives on Science, 10, 457-522. </ref> points out in other areas of science practioners as eminent as Darwin and Einstein have employed IBE to supplement their arguments.
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'''Inference to the best explanation''' (IBE) is an alternative method to evaluating the explanatory worth of theories. Psychologists traditionally have evaluated theories employing the [[Hypothetico-deductive model]] but as Jansen (2004)<ref> Jensen, M. (2003) COI stories. Explanation and evidence in the history of science. Perspectives on Science, 10, 457-522. </ref> points out in other areas of science practitioners as eminent as Darwin and Einstein have employed IBE to supplement their arguments.
Inference to the best explanation (IBE) is an alternative method to evaluating the explanatory worth of theories. Psychologists traditionally have evaluated theories employing the Hypothetico-deductive model but as Jansen (2004)[1] points out in other areas of science practitioners as eminent as Darwin and Einstein have employed IBE to supplement their arguments.
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