A Comparative Study on Experience from the View Point of Avicenna and The Inference of the Best Explanation

The inference of the best explanation is a type of non-deductive inference that was coined by Charles Sanders Peirce in his work on the logic of science. He introduced it as a new type of inference along with the already familiar inductive type and syllogism. Thus, the present inquiry aims to compare between this type of non-deductive inference with experience based on Avicenna's view. During this comparison, we seek to reveal all similarities and differences between experience and the inference of the best explanation. Also, we highlight some weak points of them. Their similarities are the presence of implicit premises and the scale of accounts of causality. Their differences are namely the best account's scales including simplicity, attraction and competitive in inferring the best explanation, which aren't considered in experience. However, the practicality of the scales is a matter of doubt. The other difference is the conditions and regulations added by Ibn Sina. Because In absentia and the absence of essential and accidental fallacies were not discussed in the inference of the best explanation.