Inductive reasoning Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Inductive inference== Around 1960, [[Ray Solomonoff]] founded the theory of universal [[Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference|inductive inference]], a theory of prediction based on observations, for example, predicting the next symbol based upon a given series of symbols. This is a formal inductive framework that combines [[algorithmic information theory]] with the Bayesian framework. Universal inductive inference is based on solid philosophical foundations and 'seems to be an inadequate tool for dealing with any reasonably complex or real-world environment',<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Samuel |last1=Rathmanner |author2-link=Marcus Hutter |first2=Marcus |last2=Hutter |title=A Philosophical Treatise of Universal Induction |journal=Entropy |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=1076β136 |year=2011 |doi=10.3390/e13061076 |bibcode=2011Entrp..13.1076R |arxiv=1105.5721 |s2cid=2499910 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and can be considered as a mathematically formalized [[Occam's razor]]. Fundamental ingredients of the theory are the concepts of [[algorithmic probability]] and [[Kolmogorov complexity]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page