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Triangulation, Incommensurability, and Conditionalization
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2024
Abstract
We present a new justification for Methodological Triangulation (MT), the practice of using different methods to support the same scientific claim. Unlike existing accounts, our account captures cases in which the different methods in question are associated with, and relies on, incommensurable theories. Using a non-standard Bayesian model, we show that even in such cases, a commitment to the minimal form of epistemic conservatism, captured by the rigidity condition that stands at the basis of Jeffrey’s conditionalization, supports the practice of MT.
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Authors are listed alphabetically; all authors contributed equally.