Is there a generalization of the law of the excluded middle, where there is a closed set of n MECE propositions and the falsification of 1 proposition, increases the likelihood of the other n-1 in some way? Eg as in Monty Hall problem?
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Law of excluded middle concerns a proposition and it’s negation, so the two possibilities are logically related by negation. But in the generalization, we want to drop need this.
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If there are an apple and an orange in a bag, and I take out the apple, the orange remains, but ‘apple’ is not the negation of ‘orange’.
In general, n elements that are related only by virtue of constituting a MECE set.
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Logicians can probably give more interesting answers, but I think the smartass answer "Bayesian inference" has real merit here.
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that's the general philosophy yes, but I'm looking for a named principle.

