Combining Analogical Support in Pure Inductive Logic

被引:5
作者
Paris, J. B. [1 ]
Vencovska, A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Sch Math, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
The counterpart principle; Structural similarity; Analogy; Inductive logic; Logical probability; Rationality; Uncertain reasoning; PROBABILITIES; SIMILARITY; PRINCIPLE;
D O I
10.1007/s10670-016-9825-7
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
We investigate the relative probabilistic support afforded by the combination of two analogies based on possibly different, structural similarity (as opposed to e.g. shared predicates) within the context of Pure Inductive Logic and under the assumption of Language Invariance. We show that whilst repeated analogies grounded on the same structural similarity only strengthen the probabilistic support this need not be the case when combining analogies based on different structural similarities. That is, two analogies may provide less support than each would individually.
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页码:401 / 419
页数:19
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