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The Best Test Theory of Extension: First Principle(s)

Author(s) -

Rupert Robert D.

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

mind and language

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1468-0017

pISSN - 0268-1064

DOI - 10.1111/1468-0017.00115

Subject(s) - extension (predicate logic) , term (time) , security token , natural (archaeology) , test (biology) , subject (documents) , mathematical economics , mathematics , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , programming language , history , computer security , physics , paleontology , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology , library science

The Best Test Theory of Extension (BTT) offers a solution to the disjunction problem. According to BTT, the extension of a natural kind term t in a given subject S’s language of thought (LOT) consists of the members of the natural kind that has the highest success rate relative to t . We calculate the success rate of natural kind K relative to S’s term t by dividing the number of times members of K have caused S to token any LOT term whatsoever into the number of times members of K have caused S to token t .

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