Note on Probability of Logical Sentences and the Linda Problem

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/acr.5405

Keywords:

probability, logic, Boolean valuation, Linda problem

Abstract

This paper presents a logical concept of probability which seems to be obvious, as it is, but the author is not aware of any elaboration of a developed studies on the issue or of any special philosophical application of it. Such a probability of the formula A, of the language of the propositional logic, is the quotient of the number of Boolean valuations of formula A of the classical propositional calculus, which takes the logical value 1, to the number of all Boolean valuations of such a formula A. An application of this concept of logical probability to the solution of the Linda problem is given.

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2023-06-30

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