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Bayesian Informal Logic and Fallacy

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posted on 2022-08-29, 05:06 authored by K B Korb
Bayesian reasoning has been applied formally to statistical inference, machine learning and analyzing scientific method. Here I apply it informally to more common forms of inference, namely natural language arguments. I analyse a variety of traditional fallacies, deductive, inductive and causal, and find more merit in them than is generally acknowledged. Bayesian principles provide a framework for understanding ordinary arguments which is well worth developing.

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2002/120

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2002

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