The logic of plausible reasoning: A core theory

@article{citeulike:557250, abstract = {The paper presents a core theory of human plausible reasoning based on analysis of people's answers to everyday questions about the world. The theory consists of three parts: 1. a formal representation of plausible inference patterns; such as deductions, inductions, and analogies, that are frequently employed in answering everyday questions; 2. a set of parameters, such as conditional likelihood, typicality, and similarity, that affect the certainty of people's answers to such questions; and 3. a system relating the different plausible inference patterns and the different certainty parameters. This is one of the first attempts to construct a formal theory that addresses both the semantic and parametric aspects of the kind of everyday reasoning that pervades. all of human discourse.}, author = {Collins​‌, Allan and Michalski​‌, Ryszard }, citeulike-article-id = {557250}, journal = {Cognitive Science}, keywords = {embodiment, plausible, reasoning}, number = {1}, pages = {1--49}, posted-at = {2006-03-20 18:48:16}, priority = {3}, title = {The logic of plausible reasoning: A core theory}, url = {http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15516709cog1301\_1}, volume = {13}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:557250 L3 - citeulike-article-id:557250 TI - The logic of plausible reasoning: A core theory JF - Cognitive Science VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 49 N2 - The paper presents a core theory of human plausible reasoning based on analysis of people's answers to everyday questions about the world. The theory consists of three parts: 1. a formal representation of plausible inference patterns; such as deductions, inductions, and analogies, that are frequently employed in answering everyday questions; 2. a set of parameters, such as conditional likelihood, typicality, and similarity, that affect the certainty of people's answers to such questions; and 3. a system relating the different plausible inference patterns and the different certainty parameters. This is one of the first attempts to construct a formal theory that addresses both the semantic and parametric aspects of the kind of everyday reasoning that pervades. all of human discourse. KW - embodiment KW - plausible KW - reasoning AU - Collins​‌, Allan AU - Michalski​‌, Ryszard PY - 1989/// UR - http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15516709cog1301_1 ER -