What you see is what you get

J.B. Paris

doi:10.3390/e16116186

What you see is what you get

J.B. Paris

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Abstract

This paper corrects three widely held misunderstandings about Maxent when used in common sense reasoning: That it is language dependent; That it produces objective facts; That it subsumes, and so is at least as untenable as, the paradox-ridden Principle of Insufficient Reason.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6186-6194
Number of pages	8
Journal	Entropy
Volume	16
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/e16116186
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014

Keywords

Language Dependence
Insufficient Reason
Maxent
Uncertain Reasoning

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