What You See Is What You Get
This paper corrects three widely held misunderstandings about Maxent when used in common sense reasoning: That it is language dependent; That it produces objective facts; That it subsumes, and so is at least as untenable as, the paradox-ridden Principle of Insufficient Reason.
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doaj-34aae59c85d742569a7ac62a83d057692020-11-24T23:47:38ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002014-11-0116116186619410.3390/e16116186e16116186What You See Is What You GetJeff B. Paris0School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UKThis paper corrects three widely held misunderstandings about Maxent when used in common sense reasoning: That it is language dependent; That it produces objective facts; That it subsumes, and so is at least as untenable as, the paradox-ridden Principle of Insufficient Reason.http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/11/6186language dependenceinsufficient reasonMaxentuncertain reasoning |
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What You See Is What You Get |
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What You See Is What You Get |
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Entropy |
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This paper corrects three widely held misunderstandings about Maxent when used in common sense reasoning: That it is language dependent; That it produces objective facts; That it subsumes, and so is at least as untenable as, the paradox-ridden Principle of Insufficient Reason. |
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