->> ⊢ can be treated as a relation which gives with respect to Τ *whatever*
property the investigator (the abducer) is interested in Τ's having, and
which is not delivered by Δ alone or by {A_(n+j)} alone.That's how I read the formal paragraph. ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 9:26 AM glen∈ℂ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry for my incompleteness. I should have stated that G&W say the schema > is for a *solved* abduction problem. What you're describing is the > exploration of the *inverse* map. Using the conclusion, you infer the > premise(s) that fit. I'd hoped it would be obvious this is possible with > the connect the dots game. It should be easy to imagine a field of dots and > thinking something like "That could be a face. All it needs is an extra dot > for the nose." > > G&W mention this in general when they say: > >> ⊢ can be treated as a relation which gives with respect to Τ *whatever* > property the investigator (the abducer) is interested in Τ's having, and > which is not delivered by Δ alone or by {A_(n+j)} alone. > > > On 8/22/19 5:50 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > I always thought that abduction had the form "If A entails B then the > > presence/occurrence of B makes it more Likely that A is present/has > > occurred." I don't see how that is represented by the formalism you > quoted, > > however. > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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