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principle of indifference

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
prin-ci-ple of in-dif-fer-ence
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rule for assigning epistemic probabilities, according to which, in the absence of any relevant evidence, agents should distribute their credence (or 'degrees of belief') equally among all the possible outcomes.

Inflected Forms

principles of indifference (plural)

Synonyms

principle of insufficient reason

Questions

What does principle of indifference mean?
A rule for assigning epistemic probabilities, according to which, in the absence of any relevant evidence, agents should distribute their credence (or 'degrees of belief') equally among all the possible outcomes.

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