Principles of Remembering and Forgetting

J.B. Paris; Elizabeth Howarth

doi:10.2143/LEA.228.0.3078172

Principles of Remembering and Forgetting

J.B. Paris, Elizabeth Howarth

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Abstract

We propose two principles of inductive reasoning related to how observed information is handled by conditioning, and justify why they may be said to represent aspects of rational reasoning. A partial classification is given of the probability functions which satisfy these principles.

Original language	English
Article number	228
Pages (from-to)	489-511
Number of pages	22
Journal	Logique et Analyse. Nouvelle Serie
Volume	228
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2143/LEA.228.0.3078172
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

Keywords

Inductive Logic; Logical Probability; Rationality; Uncertain Reasoning

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