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The aim of this paper is to discuss some principles or assumptions arising in uncertain reasoning, and to investigate their relationships and consequences within the particular framework of probability logic. In order to motivate this framework and to provide a context in which to judge these principles we first consider a simple example.
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Paris, J., Vencovska, A. (1996). Principles of Uncertain Reasoning. In: Clark, A., Ezquerro, J., Larrazabal, J.M. (eds) Philosophy and Cognitive Science: Categories, Consciousness, and Reasoning. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8731-0_11
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