Comparative process tracing is the best analysis of extrapolation inferences in the philosophical and scientific literature so far. In this essay I examine some similarities and differences between comparative process tracing and former attempts to capture the logic of extrapolation, such as the analogical approach. I show that these accounts are not different in spirit, although comparative process tracing supersedes previous proposals in terms of analytical detail. I also examine some qualms about the possibility of drawing extrapolation inferences in the social sciences and conclude by suggesting that there may be cases of extrapolation without process tracing. Copyright 2010 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved.

Extrapolation, analogy and comparative process tracing / F. Guala. - In: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 0031-8248. - 77:5(2010), pp. 1070-1082.

Extrapolation, analogy and comparative process tracing

F. Guala
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2010

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Comparative process tracing is the best analysis of extrapolation inferences in the philosophical and scientific literature so far. In this essay I examine some similarities and differences between comparative process tracing and former attempts to capture the logic of extrapolation, such as the analogical approach. I show that these accounts are not different in spirit, although comparative process tracing supersedes previous proposals in terms of analytical detail. I also examine some qualms about the possibility of drawing extrapolation inferences in the social sciences and conclude by suggesting that there may be cases of extrapolation without process tracing. Copyright 2010 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved.
Settore M-FIL/02 - Logica e Filosofia della Scienza
2010
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/656541
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