There is a reason for everything (probably): On the application of maxent to induction
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J. B. Paris
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A. Vencovska
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@MISC{Paris_thereis,
author = {J. B. Paris and A. Vencovska},
title = {There is a reason for everything (probably): On the application of maxent to induction},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
In this paper we show how the maxent paradigm may be used to produce an inductive method (in the sense of Carnap) applicable to a wide class of problems in inductive logic. A surprising consequence of this method is that the answers it gives are consistent with, or explicable by, the existence of underlying reasons for the given knowledge base, even when no such reasons are explicitly present. We would conjecture that the same result holds for the full class of problems of this type.
Citations
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| 18 | Common sense and maximum entropy - Paris - 1999 |
| 4 | A study of an inductive problem using inference processes - Wafy - 2000 |
| 2 | On the emergence of reasons - Paris, Wafy |
| 2 | Some limit theorems for ME, CM and MD - Paris, Vencovska, et al. - 2001 |
| 2 | Common sense and stochastic independence, in Foundations of Bayesianism, Eds. D.Cor eld & J.Williamson - Paris, Vencovská - 2001 |
