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The probability that tweety is able to fly
Author(s) -
Gerla Giangiacomo
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.291
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-111X
pISSN - 0884-8173
DOI - 10.1002/int.4550090405
Subject(s) - on the fly , probabilistic logic , statement (logic) , valuation (finance) , computer science , mathematical economics , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , philosophy , economics , finance , operating system
In this note we examine the question of assigning a probabilistic valuation to a statement as “ Tweety (a particular bird) is able to fly .” Namely, we suggest that a natural way to proceed is to rewrite it as “ a (randomly chosen) bird with the same observable properties of Tweety is able to fly ,” and consequently to assume that the probability of “ Tweety is able to fly ” is equal to the percentage of the past observed birds similar to Tweety that are able to fly. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.