underdetermination

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ determination or underdetermine +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underdetermination (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being underdetermined
   • 2007 October 9, Manuel Pérez Otero, “The Humean problem of induction and Carroll’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, →DOI:

     It is true that […] the questions of the justification of inductive inferences normally lead to further problems, associated with the phenomenon of the underdetermination of theory by experience.

Coordinate terms

• overdetermination

See also

• underdetermination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia