Dr Yunus Prasetya received his PhD in Philosophy from Baylor University in 2020. He is primarily interested in topics pertaining to scientific explanation. His recent works focus on how or whether explanation helps to guide inference and how or whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are explainable.
Dr Yunus Prasetya specialises in general philosophy of science and epistemology. His most recent publications focus on inference to the best explanation as a theory of scientific inference and various models of scientific explanation.
Research Specialisations- Models of scientific explanation
- Inference to the best explanation
- Empiricism in philosophy of science
Academic Journals:
“Towards a Synthesis of Two Research Programmes: Inference to the Best Explanation and Models of Scientific Explanation.” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2022.2041058
“Which Models of Scientific Explanation are (In)Compatible with IBE?” The British Journal for Philosophy of Science, forthcoming. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/715203
“That’s not IBE: Reply to Park.” Axiomathes, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-021-09600-4
“ANNs and Unifying Explanations: Reply to Erasmus, Brunet, and Fisher.” Philosophy & Technology, 35 (2): 1-9, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-022-00540-4
“Methodological Naturalism and Scientific Success: Lessons from the Realism Debate.” European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 14 (1): 231-56, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2021.3403
“Inference to the Best Explanation and van Fraassen’s Contextual Theory of Explanation: Reply to Park.” Axiomathes, 32: 355-365, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-020-09528-1
“Donald Trump, Global Climate Change, and Public Philosophy of Science,” co-authored with James Marcum. Public Philosophy Journal, 2 (1), 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25335/ppj.2.1-5
Other:
“Models of Scientific Explanation and Inference to the Best Explanation.” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Short Reads, available in text and audio form: http://www.thebsps.org/short-reads-podcast/ibe-explanation-prasetya/
- Thomas Aquinas on Evil
- Formal Logic
- Central Themes in Philosophy of Science
