It is common to refer to statistics as “the logic of science”. This note can be seen as an attempt to take the dictum seriously. To do so we ask which properties are desirable for a (formal) logic of statistical inference. The question is potentially as vast as science itself, so for the present occasion we set ourselves the modest aim of framing it in a way which, we hope, can be of interest both to logicians and to statisticians.

Logical Desiderata on Statistical Inference / P. Baldi, E.A.C. (OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOGIC). - In: Walter Carnielli on Reasoning, Paraconsistency, and Probability / [a cura di] H. Antunes, A. Roque Freire, A. Rodrigues. - [s.l] : Springer, 2026. - ISBN 9783032110268. - pp. 117-138 [10.1007/978-3-032-11027-5_6]

Logical Desiderata on Statistical Inference

P. Baldi;E.A. Corsi;H. Hosni
2026

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It is common to refer to statistics as “the logic of science”. This note can be seen as an attempt to take the dictum seriously. To do so we ask which properties are desirable for a (formal) logic of statistical inference. The question is potentially as vast as science itself, so for the present occasion we set ourselves the modest aim of framing it in a way which, we hope, can be of interest both to logicians and to statisticians.
Settore PHIL-02/A - Logica e filosofia della scienza
   Reasoning with Data
   MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA
   FIS00003279
2026
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