According to van Fraassen, inference to the best explanation (IBE) is incompatible with Bayesianism. To argue to the contrary, many philosophers have suggested hybrid models of scientific reasoning with both explanationist and probabilistic elements. This paper offers another such model with two novel features. First, its Bayesian component is imprecise. Second, the domain of credence functions can be extended.

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不精确的贝叶斯主义和最佳解释的推理

根据 van Fraassen 的说法，最佳解释推理（IBE）与贝叶斯主义不相容。与此相反，许多哲学家提出了科学推理与解释主义和概率元素的混合模型。本文提供了另一种具有两个新颖特征的此类模型。首先，它的贝叶斯分量是不精确的。其次，可以扩展信任函数的域。