Probabilistic logic as a unified framework for inference

I argue that a probabilistic logical language incorporates all the features of deductive, inductive, and abductive inference with the exception of how to generate hypotheses ex nihilo. In the context of abduction, it leads to the Bayes theorem for confirming hypotheses, and naturally captures the th...

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Main Author: Kane, Jonathan
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/15411