Rules for Plausible Reasoning

Informal Logic 14 (1) (1992)
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This article evaluates whether Rescher's rules for plausible reasoning or other rules used in artificial intelligence for "confidence factors" can be extended to deal with arguments where the linked-convergent distinction is important

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10.22329/il.v14i1.2524

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