QUINTESSENTIALS QEF-E-RIVAL
Disconfirming Evidence Search
Methods for seeking information that could challenge a favored explanation.
CandidatePrinciple familySuper rootInference & Updating
Root familyInformation Acquisition
Parent familyNot assigned
Principle familyDisconfirming Evidence Search
Includes
- Looking for observations predicted by a serious rival account.
Excludes
- Mechanical contrarianism regardless of evidence quality.
Direct proposed-role assignments
Complete family record
- Family id
- QEF-E-RIVAL
- Label
- Disconfirming Evidence Search
- Aliases
- None recorded
- Stack
- Epistemic
- Level
- principle_family
- Parent ref
- QEF-E-ACCESS
- Definition
- Methods for seeking information that could challenge a favored explanation.
- Includes
- Looking for observations predicted by a serious rival account.
- Excludes
- Mechanical contrarianism regardless of evidence quality.
- Status
- candidate
- Provenance refs
- SRC-HD-TABLE