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The following scheme is perhaps one of the most common in everyday evidential situations: We know that a implies b (if it rains we get wet), but it is not sure whether a is true (whether it will rain). Let’s admit that a known probability p(a) for a being true is given. What can then be concluded about b ?
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Kohlas, J., Monney, PA. (1995). Introductory Examples. In: A Mathematical Theory of Hints. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 425. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01674-9_1
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