English

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:10.1007/s11098-007-9178-9:

     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