Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
1989-03-08
Technical Report Number
WUCS-89-07
Abstract
This paper attempts four things. It demonstrates the possibility of accounting for Russell-style and Clark-style analogical reasoning in an existing framework for statistical reasoning. It critically reviews the proposals made by Clark for defeasible analogical reasoning and shows how they can be understood better simply as defeasible reasoning. It argues that generalization from the single case is not as desirable as projection from the single case; the difference has to do with the defeasibility control strategy for statistical reasoning limited to a small number of cases.
Recommended Citation
Loui, R. P., "Analogical Reasoning, Defeasible Reasoning, and the Reference Class" Report Number: WUCS-89-07 (1989). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/720
Comments
Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7WH2NBK