Evidential reasoning
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Evidential reason or evidential reasoning may refer to:
- Probabilistic logicProbabilistic logicThe aim of a probabilistic logic is to combine the capacity of probability theory to handle uncertainty with the capacity of deductive logic to exploit structure. The result is a richer and more expressive formalism with a broad range of possible application areas...
, a combination of the capacity of probability theory to handle uncertainty with the capacity of deductive logic to exploit structure - "Evidential reason", a type of reason (argument)Reason (argument)In informal logic, a reason consists of either a single premise or co-premises in support of an argument. In formal symbolic logic, only single premises occur. In informal reasoning, two types of reasons exist. An evidential reason is a foundation upon which to believe that or why a claim is true...
in contrast to an "explanatory reason" - Evidential reasoning approachEvidential Reasoning ApproachIn decision theory, the evidential reasoning approach , is a generic evidence-based multi-criteria decision analysis approach for dealing with problems having both quantitative and qualitative criteria under various uncertainties including ignorance and randomness...
, in decision theory, an approach for multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) under uncertainty