A philosophical treatise of universal induction

DOI10.3390/e13061076zbMath1296.03007arXiv1105.5721OpenAlexW2165552039WikidataQ55951231 ScholiaQ55951231MaRDI QIDQ400871

Samuel Rathmanner, Marcus Hutter

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.5721

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmic information theoryKolmogorov complexityinductive inferenceconfirmation theoryOccam's razorBayes rulesequence predictionSolomonoff inductionblack raven paradoxphilosophical issuesSolomonoff prior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algorithmic information theory (Kolmogorov complexity, etc.) (68Q30) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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