Logic and Probability

Authors
  • L. Demey
  • B. Kooi
  • J. Sack
Publication date 2013
Journal Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Volume | Issue number 2013 | Spring
Organisations
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Abstract Logic and probability theory are two of the main tools in the formal study of reasoning, and have been fruitfully applied in areas as diverse as philosophy, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and mathematics. This entry discusses the major proposals to combine logic and probability theory, and attempts to provide a classification of the various approaches in this rapidly developing field.
Document type Article
Note With minor corrections in Fall 2014, Winter 2016 and Summer 2017.
Language English
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