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inference to the best explanation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
in-fer-ence -to the best -ex-pla-na-tion
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of abductive reasoning.

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What does inference to the best explanation mean?
Synonym of abductive reasoning.

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