4 Belge Baslik 5: Induksiyon

Induction, Probability, and Intelligence

    In conclusion, let us now return to the question of intelligence. Assuming that the world isunpredictable and yet possesses the tendency to take habits to a significant degree, let us ask:how should a system act in order to approximately maximize the given "appropriateness"function A? In other words, let us ask the Kantian question: how…

Toward A General Induction Algorithm

 The strengthened Peirce’s principle is only a beginning. It is a basic philosophical assumptionwhich ensures the possibility of intelligence through pattern recognition. All the standardmathematical methods for predicting the future are based on probability theory. In this section I will show that it is indeed possible to combine prediction based on pattern with prediction based…

The Tendency to Take Habits

   The American philosopher Charles S. Peirce founded a vast philosophical system on theprinciple of "the tendency to take habits." By this he meant, roughly, the following:Peirce’s Principle: Unless restrained by the extension of another habit, a habit will tend toextend itself. Here "extend" is taken to refer to both space and time, and "habit"…