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Rational consequence relations and Popper functions provide logics for reasoning under uncertainty, the former purely qualitative, the latter probabilistic. But few researchers seem to be aware of the close connection between these two logics. I’ll show that Popper functions are probabilistic versions of rational consequence relations. I’ll not assume that the reader is familiar with either logic. I present them, and explicate the relationship between them, from the ground up. I’ll also present alternative axiomatizations for each logic, showing them to depend on weaker axioms than usually recognized.
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Hawthorne, J. A Primer on Rational Consequence Relations, Popper Functions, and Their Ranked Structures. Stud Logica 102, 731–749 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-013-9523-2
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