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public:t-713-mers:mers-23:empirical-reasoning-1 [2023/10/19 10:33] – [Empirical Reasoning vs. Mathematical Reasoning] thorisson | public:t-713-mers:mers-23:empirical-reasoning-1 [2024/08/20 12:20] (current) – [Empirical Reasoning vs. Mathematical Reasoning] thorisson |
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| Data Availability | Most data is available. No hidden data. | Most data is unavailable and/or hidden. | | | Data Availability | Most data is available. No hidden data. | Most data is unavailable and/or hidden. | |
| Data Types | Known a-priori. Statements always syntactically correct; pre-defined syntax. | Mostly not known; tiny dataset provided a-priori. | | | Data Types | Known a-priori. Statements always syntactically correct; pre-defined syntax. | Mostly not known; tiny dataset provided a-priori. | |
| Permitted Values | Primarily Bool (True, False) | Highly variable combinations of Bool, N, Z, Q, R, C. | | | Permitted Values | Primarily Bool (True, False) | Highly variable combinations of Bool, N, Z, Q, R, C, \\ **as well as 'uncertain' and 'not known'.** | |
| Information Amount | Inevitably sparse (due to being fully known). | Always larger than available processing - overwhelming. | | | Information Amount | Inevitably sparse (due to being fully known). | Always larger than available processing - overwhelming. | |
| Statements | Clear, clean and complete. | Most statements are incomplete; rarely clear and clean. | | | Statements | Clear, clean and complete. | Most statements are incomplete; rarely clear and clean. | |
| Analogy | Complete \\ (always, due to complete knowledge of data and semantics). | Defeasible \\ (always, due to With incomplete data and semantics). | | | Analogy | Complete \\ (always, due to complete knowledge of data and semantics). | Defeasible \\ (always, due to With incomplete data and semantics). | |
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| <sup>1</sup> By 'defeasible' is meant that it //may// be found to be incorrect, at any time, given additional data. ||| | | <sup>1</sup> By 'defeasible' is meant that it //may// be found to be incorrect, at any time, given additional data, reconsideration of background assumptions or discovery of logic errors. ||| |
| <sup>2</sup> By 'safe' is meant that the output of a reasoning process is provably correct and can be trusted. ||| | | <sup>2</sup> By 'safe' is meant that the output of a reasoning process is provably correct and can be trusted. ||| |
| <sup>3</sup> By 'complete' is meant that the output of a reasoning process leaves nothing unprocessed. ||| | | <sup>3</sup> By 'complete' is meant that the output of a reasoning process leaves nothing unprocessed. ||| |