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Inference to the Best Explanation: The Case of Potential Energy

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dc.contributor.authorRiggs, Peter J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T01:27:11Z
dc.date.available2021-11-30T01:27:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2021-11-28T07:38:29Z
dc.description.abstractIt has been claimed that kinetic energy is an objective physical quantity whilst at the same time maintaining that potential energy is not. However, by making use of the method of 'inference to the best explanation', it may be readily concluded that potential energy is indeed an objective physical quantity. This is done for an example drawn from the foundations of modern chemistry. In order to do so, the criteria of what counts as 'most probable' and 'most reasonable' are defined and then employed for choosing the best explanation.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1845-8475en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/252015
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherUniversity of Rijekaen_AU
dc.rights© 2020 University of Rijekaen_AU
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)en_AU
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/en_AU
dc.sourceEuropean Journal of Analytical Philosophyen_AU
dc.subjectPotential energyen_AU
dc.subjectinference to the best explanationen_AU
dc.subjectobjectivity of energyen_AU
dc.subjectinstrumental hypothesisen_AU
dc.titleInference to the Best Explanation: The Case of Potential Energyen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-07-21
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage116en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage99en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationRiggs, Peter, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidRiggs, Peter, u1499375en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9912193xPUB540en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume16en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.31820/ejap.16.1.5en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://hrcak.srce.hr/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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