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    It is not the case that Plausibility assessments play an important, legitimate role in the sciences

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    • 1.Plausibility assessments systematically reflect the prior theoretical commitments of the assessor, not features of hypotheses themselves.
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    • 2.When assessments encode theoretical bias, they undermine the evidential independence required for legitimate scientific inference.
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    • 3.Kuhn's analysis of paradigm-driven science demonstrates that plausibility judgments historically track community consensus, not epistemic warrant.
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    • 1.Popper's demarcation criterion entails that non-falsifiable plausibility judgments import metaphysical speculation into empirical methodology.
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    • 2.Legitimizing plausibility assessments erodes the boundary between scientific reasoning and mere subjective preference for elegance or simplicity.
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    • 1.Evidence alone cannot always suffice to distinguish among some alternative hypotheses
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    • 2.Plausibility assessments are often backed by extensive arguments drawing on forceful conceptual considerations
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