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Representation gap for transition factors from social sciences in energy and emissions modeling

Kunnas S, Trutnevyte E.
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A relevance theory of induction [PDF]

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2003
A framework theory, organized around the principle of relevance, is proposed for category-based reasoning. According to the relevance principle, people assume that premises are informative with respect to conclusions. This idea leads to the prediction that people will use causal scenarios and property reinforcement strategies in inductive reasoning ...
Douglas L Medin, John D Coley, Gert Storms   +2 more
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A relevant theory of conditionals

Journal of Philosophical Logic, 1995
The authors observe that a constraint of relevance should be used in determining which counterfactual conditionals are true. They thus combine the Routley-Meyer approach to relevant logic with selection functions for conditionals and obtain thereby a complete semantics for a family of conditional logics, including their base conditional relevant logic ...
Edwin D. Mares, André Fuhrmann
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Relevance Theory

2015
FRANCISCO Yus, Yus FRANCISCO
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On the Relevance of 'Relevance' to the Theory of Legal Factfinding

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
In modern evidence theory two main theories of legal factfinding have emerged. One of these is the mathematical probabilistic approach, which claims that the universal rules of mathematics apply to legal factfinding as to any other rational decision-making. The opposite approach, of Tribe, Nesson and others, contests this view.
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Relevance theory and pragmatic impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 1999
AbstractThis paper summarizes aspects of relevance theory that are useful for exploring impairment of pragmatic comprehension in children. It explores data from three children with pragmatic language diffi culties within this framework. Relevance theory is seen to provide a means of explaining why, in a given context, a particular utterance is ...
Eeva Leinonen
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On the relevance of statistical relevance theory

Theory and Decision, 1982
In Salmon's discussion of his account of statistical relevance and statistical explanation there is a peculiarity in the selection of examples. Where he wishes to show that statistical accounts are reasonably treated as explanatory, he draws examples from the social sciences, such as juvenile delinquency.
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