A continuum of inductive methods arising from a generalized principle of instantial relevance

Nix, C.J. and Paris, J.B. (2006) A continuum of inductive methods arising from a generalized principle of instantial relevance. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 35 (1). pp. 83-115. ISSN 0022-3611

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Abstract

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 number in [0,1).

Item Type: Article
Subjects: MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 03 Mathematical logic and foundations
Depositing User: Professor Jeff Paris
Date Deposited: 17 May 2006
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2017 14:12
URI: https://eprints.maths.manchester.ac.uk/id/eprint/250

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