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

E. Howarth; J.B. Paris; A. Vencovska

doi:10.1016/j.jal.2015.06.002

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

E. Howarth, J.B. Paris, A. Vencovska

The University of Manchester

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-45
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of Applied Logic
Volume	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2015.06.002
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2015

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Inductive logic; Logical probability; Rationality; Uncertain reasoning

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