Proof of the impossibility of probabilistic induction

2021/07/01 by Vaden Masrani, Masrani, Vaden
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Probability and Statistical Research #Statistical and Computational Modeling

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2107.00749

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Abstract

In this short note I restate and simplify the proof of the impossibility of probabilistic induction from Popper (1992). Other proofs are possible (cf. Popper (1985)).

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