Analogical Predictions for Explicit Similarity

Author: Romeijn, Jan

Source: Erkenntnis, Volume 64, Number 2, March 2006 , pp. 253-280(28)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This paper concerns exchangeable analogical predictions based on similarity relations between predicates, and deals with a restricted class of such relations. It describes a system of Carnapian λγ rules on underlying predicate families to model the analogical predictions for this restricted class. Instead of the usual axiomatic definition, the system is characterized with a Bayesian model that employs certain statistical hypotheses. Finally the paper argues that the Bayesian model can be generalized to cover cases outside the restricted class of similarity relations.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10670-005-0232-8

Affiliations: 1: Email: J.W.Romeyn@uva.nl

Publication date: 2006-03-01