NDLI: Towards an Informational Pragmatic Realism

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Author	Caticha, Ariel
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	I discuss the design of the method of entropic inference as a general framework for reasoning under conditions of uncertainty. The main contribution of this discussion is to emphasize the pragmatic elements in the derivation. More specifically: (1) Probability theory is designed as the uniquely natural tool for representing states of incomplete information. (2) An epistemic notion of information is defined in terms of its relation to the Bayesian beliefs of ideally rational agents. (3) The method of updating from a prior to a posterior probability distribution is designed through an eliminative induction process that singles out the logarithmic relative entropy as the unique tool for inference. The resulting framework includes as special cases both MaxEnt and Bayes’ rule. It therefore unifies entropic and Bayesian methods into a single general inference scheme. I find that similar pragmatic elements are an integral part of Putnam’s internal realism, of Floridi’s informational structural realism, and also of van Fraasen’s empiricist structuralism. I conclude with the conjecture that their valuable insights can be incorporated into a single coherent doctrine—an informational pragmatic realism.
Starting Page	37
Ending Page	70
Page Count	34
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09246495
Journal	Minds and Machines
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728641
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-10-19
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Information Entropy Entropic inference Pragmatic realism Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Philosophy of Mind Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences Cognitive Psychology Philosophy of Science Theory of Computation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Artificial Intelligence

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