@cwage The folk version of Cox’s theorem is that probability is the only correct generalization of logic for uncertainty, and therefore >
@GrumplessGrinch @cwage Aristotelian logic does have quantification (as well as binary values), and PT does not generalize it.
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@Meaningness@cwage Okay, why do we need quantification? -
@GrumplessGrinch@cwage If you want to say “any time you see a snark, it might be a boojum” you need quantification. - 9 more replies
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@Meaningness@GrumplessGrinch@cwage n.b. for lurkers et al: "Aristotelian logic" has a specific meaning to logicians -
@schakalsynthetc@GrumplessGrinch@cwage Right. And Jaynes clearly misunderstood it. He thought it meant “two valued,” which is not right. - 12 more replies
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