A Continuum of Inductive Methods Arising from a Generalized Principle of Instantial Relevance

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Journal of Philosophical Logic 35 (1):83-115 (2006)
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In this paper we consider a natural generalization of the Principle of Instantial Relevance and give a complete characterization of the probabilistic belief functions satisfying this principle as a family of discrete probability functions parameterized by a single real δ ∊ [0, 1)

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Jeffrey Paris
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Inductive influence.Jon Williamson - 2007 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 58 (4):689 - 708.

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