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A Mathematical Model of Deductive and Non-Deductive Inferences.

Induction and abduction are well known non-deductive inferences. We shall propose a view that design is also another form of non-deductive inference, and give a mathematical model of deductive and non-deductive inferences based on Barwise and Seligman's mathematical theory of information flow. In ou...

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Published in:Annals of the Japan Association for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
Main Author: Kikuchi, Makoto
Format: Article
Published: Sasaki Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd. 2008
Subjects:
Mathematical models
Completeness theorem
Mathematical logic
Model theory
Numerical analysis
Equations
Inference (Logic)
Induction (Logic)
Information theory
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