...provide a partial defense of the DH as an open empirical alternative to the CH. As JS Mill put it, "three-fourths of the arguments for every disputed...appearances which favour some opinion different from it" (Mill, 1975, chapter 2). The second reason is that the DH, as expressed above, stands in urgent need...

...possible of the same facts ... and it has to be shown why that other theory cannot be the true one; and until this is shown, and until we know how it is shown, we do not understand the grounds of our opinion. Mill immediately goes on to make a distinction between different areas of thought, which may be seen...

...phlogiston instead of oxygen; and it has to be shown why that other theory cannot be the trua one; and until this is shown. and until we know how it is shown. we do not understand the grounds of our opimon. But when we turn to subjects infinitaly more complicated, to morals, raligion. politics, social...

...it is shown, we do not understand the grounds of our opimon. But when we tum to subjects infimtely more complicated. to morals, religion, politics, social...three-fourths of the arguments for every disputed opiolon consist in dispelling the appearances which favour some opiolon different from it,The greatest...

...reasons. Even in natural philosophy, there is always some other explanation possible of the same facts But when we turn to subjects infinitely more complicated,...appearances which favour some opinion different from it.42 There is no reason to believe that Mill offered a different account of the social world or that...

...phlogiston54 instead of oxygen; and it has to be shown why that other theory cannot be the true one: and until this is shown and until we know how it is shown, we do not un53 On the geocentric theory, the sun, planets, and other heavenly bodies circle the Earth. According...

...that he shares a similar view with respect to settled scientific questions - but it seems to apply to "subjects infinitely more complicated, to morals,...politics, social relations, and the business of life" (paragraph 2.3). In the final analysis, I think that, outside of "scientific knowledge," Mill attributes...

...phlogiston instead of oxygen — and it has to be shown why that other theory cannot be the true one. Until this is shown and until we know how it is shown,...for every disputed opinion consist in dispelling the reasons given in favor of some opinion different from it. The greatest orator of antiquity — save...