Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6424878 | Journal of Applied Logic | 2016 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Within the framework of (Unary) Pure Inductive Logic we investigate four possible formulations of a probabilistic principle of analogy based on a template considered by Paul Bartha in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [1] and give some characterizations of the probability functions which satisfy them. In addition we investigate an alternative interpretation of analogical support, also considered by Bartha, based not on the enhancement of probability but on the creation of possibility.
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Authors
E. Howarth, J.B. Paris, A. Vencovská,