Assertion: truth's power | /r/HasProperty | comprehensive
Facets:
value: to explain better
type: PURPOSE
value: in scopeâ€”able
type: OTHER
value: further
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Further, the explanatory power of truth-claims should (a) be comprehensive in scopeâ€”able to explain more or better than alternative theories; (b) have predictive powerâ€”suggesting new evidence and problems; (c) have precisionâ€”accounting for more details; (d) be illuminatingâ€”integrating otherwise unrelated data; (e) avoid ad hoc hypothesesâ€”functioning only to explain away counter-evidence; (f) be simpleâ€”not needlessly multiplying the basic concepts, assumptions, and principles of an explanation.