 A more promising response to the above “argument of the bad lot” begins with the observation that the argument capitalizes on a peculiar asymmetry or incongruence in ABD1. The rule gives license to an absolute conclusion—that a given hypothesis is true—on the basis of a comparative premise, namely, that that particular hypothesis is the best explanation of the evidence relative to the other hypotheses available (see Kuipers 2000, 171). This incongruence is not avoided by replacing “truth” with “probable truth” or “approximate truth.” In order to avoid it, one has two general options.