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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-03-26 and was most recently seen on 2026-03-26.
Explanatory power is the ability of a hypothesis or theory to explain the subject matter effectively to which it pertains. Its opposite is explanatory impotence. In the past, various criteria or measures for explanatory power have been proposed. In particular, one hypothesis, theory, or explanation can be said to have more explanatory power than another about the same subject matter, if:more facts or observations are accounted for;
the theory changes more "surprising facts" into "a matter of course" ;
more details of causal relations are provided, leading to a high accuracy and precision of the description;
it offers greater predictive power ;
it depends less on authorities and more on observations;
it makes fewer assumptions;
it is more falsifiable.
it can be used to compress encoded observations into fewer bits
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