Approaching probabilistic and deterministic nomic truths in an inductive probabilistic way
| Autor: | Theo A.F. Kuipers |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Other personnel |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Computer science
nomic truth estimated distance from the truth Context (language use) 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 050105 experimental psychology Verisimilitude Prior probability 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Almost surely inductive probability inductive logic 05 social sciences Probabilistic logic General Social Sciences deterministic truth truthlikeness 06 humanities and the arts the true probability distribution truth approximation verisimilitude Philosophy probabilistic truth Inductive probability 060302 philosophy Probability distribution Multinomial distribution Mathematical economics |
| Zdroj: | Synthese, 199(3-4). SPRINGER |
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 |
| Popis: | Theories of truth approximation in terms of truthlikeness (or verisimilitude) almost always deal with (non-probabilistically) approaching deterministic truths, either actual or nomic. This paper deals first with approaching a probabilistic nomic truth, viz. a true probability distribution. It assumes a multinomial probabilistic context, hence with a lawlike true, but usually unknown, probability distribution. We will first show that this true multinomial distribution can be approached by Carnapian inductive probabilities. Next we will deal with the corresponding deterministic nomic truth, that is, the set of conceptually possible outcomes with a positive true probability. We will introduce Hintikkian inductive probabilities, based on a prior distribution over the relevant deterministic nomic theories and on conditional Carnapian inductive probabilities, and first show that they enable again probabilistic approximation of the true distribution. Finally, we will show, in terms of a kind of success theorem, based on Niiniluoto’s estimated distance from the truth, in what sense Hintikkian inductive probabilities enable the probabilistic approximation of the relevant deterministic nomic truth. In sum, the (realist) truth approximation perspective on Carnapian and Hintikkian inductive probabilities leads to the unification of the inductive probability field and the field of truth approximation. |
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