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inductionnounAn act of inducting.
natural deductionnounA kind of proof calculus in which logical reasoning is expressed by inference rules closely related to the "natural" way of reasoning, in contrast to axiomatic systems.
solomonoff inductionnoun(computing theory) A form of induction, involving Bayes' theorem, that derives the posterior probability of any computable theory, given a sequence of observed data.
mathematical inductionnoun(mathematics) A method of proof which, in terms of a predicate P, could be stated as: if P(0) is true and if for any natural number n>0, P(n) implies P(n+1), then P(n) is true for any natural number n.
transfinite inductionnoun(mathematics, set theory) An extension of mathematical induction to well-ordered sets of transfinite cardinality, such as sets of ordinal numbers or cardinal numbers.
inductive definitionnoun(semantics) A recursive definition.
sequent calculusnoun(mathematics, logic) A set of inference rules for deriving true sequents from other true sequents.
backward inductionnoun(game theory) The process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions.
inference rulenoun(logic, proof theory) A rule for combining (or modifying) well-formed formulas of a formal language in a truth-preserving manner (to yield new well-formed formulas).
implicantnoun(propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication
strict implicationnoun(logic) A material implication that is acted upon by the necessity operator from modal logic.
existential instantiationnoun(logic) In predicate logic, an inference rule of the form ∃x P(x) ⊢ P(c), where c is a new symbol (not part of the original domain of discourse, but which can stand for an element of it (as in Skolemization)).
cointersectionnoun(mathematics) A family of behavioural equivalences which factors through all elements of a second specified family of behavioural equivalences and for which any morphism that factors through the second family of behavioural equivalences also factors through its elements.
inference to the best explanationnoun(logic, fixed phrase) Synonym of abductive reasoning.
paraconsistent logicnoun(logic, countable) A particular formal logical system which allows some contradictions to be true without all contradictions or all statements becoming true; i.e. in which the principle of explosion does not hold.
predicate logicnoun(logic) First-order logic.
sublogicnoun(mathematics) A subset of a system of logic
deductive inferencenouninference in which the conclusion is just as certain as the premises
forward reasoningnoun(philosophy, logic) In artificial intelligence, modus ponens.
metaconjecturenoun(mathematics) A conjecture that holds for most, but not all, conditions

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