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An examination of the SEP candidate analogical inference rule within pure inductive logic

Authors :
Elizabeth Howarth
Jeff B. Paris
Alena Vencovska
Source :
Howarth, E, Paris, J B & Vencovska, A 2015, ' An examination of the SEP candidate analogical inference rule within pure inductive logic ', Journal of Applied Logic, vol. 14, pp. 22-45 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2015.06.002
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2016.

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.

Details

ISSN :
15708683
Volume :
14
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Applied Logic
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e2cc1abfdcd290c43701799c14b3309f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2015.06.002