The diversity principle—the intuitive notion that diverse evidence is, all else equal, more
persuasive, suggestive, confirmatory, or otherwise better than less varied sets of evidence …

The confirmation of models in multimessenger astronomy requires variety of evidence.
Variety of evidence (VoE) should be understood as an eliminative epistemic principle: where …

Mixed-methods research (MMR)—the combination of qualitative and quantitative data within
the same design to strengthen causal inference—is gaining prominence in the social …

In his book “Medical Philosophy: Conceptual issues in Medicine”, Mario Bunge provides a
unique account of medical philosophy that is deeply rooted in a realist ontology he calls …

Varied evidence confirms more strongly than less varied evidence, ceteris paribus. This
epistemological Variety of Evidence Thesis enjoys widespread intuitive support. We put …

Amalgamating evidence from heterogeneous sources and across levels of inquiry is
becoming increasingly important in many pure and applied sciences. This special issue …

Some authors claim that minimal models have limited epistemic value (Fumagalli,; Grüne-
Yanoff,). Others defend the epistemic benefits of modelling by invoking the role of …

Abstract The intuitive Variety of Evidence Thesis states that, ceteris paribus, more varied
evidence for a hypothesis confirms it more strongly than less varied evidence. Recent …

According to the variety of evidence thesis items of evidence from independent lines of
investigation are more confirmatory, ceteris paribus, than, for example, replications of …

Multiple determination is the epistemic strategy of establishing the same result by means of
multiple, independent procedures. It is an important strategy praised by both philosophers of …