The principle of conformity and spectrum exchangeability

Landes, Jürgen; Paris, Jeff B. and Vencovska, Alena (2009): The principle of conformity and spectrum exchangeability. In: Löwe, Benedikt; Pacuit, Eric and Romeijn, Jan-Willem (eds.) : Foundations of the formal sciences VI : probabilistic reasoning and reasoning with probabilities. Studies in logic, Vol. 16. London: College Publ.. pp. 81-90

Abstract

We show that if a probability function on the sentences of a finite predicate language satisfies Spectrum Exchangeability then it must satisfy a very strong conformity principle when restricted to the sentences of certain derived languages.

• Item Type: Book Section
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP); Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) > Logic
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy; 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 160 Logic
• ISBN: 978-1-904987-15-4
• Place of Publication: London
• Annotation: Conference Foundations of the Formal Sciences ; 6 (Amsterdam) : 2007.05.02-05
• Language: English