Functional Logic • Inquiry and Analogy • 15
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Inquiry and Analogy • Measure for Measure
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All,
Let us define two families of measures,
• α_i, β_i : (B × B → B) → B for i = 0 to 15,
by means of the following equations:
• α_i f = Υ(f_i, f) = Υ(f_i ⇒ f),
• β_i f = Υ(f, f_i) = Υ(f ⇒ f_i).
Table 14 shows the value of each α_i on each of the
16 boolean functions f : B × B → B.
In terms of the implication ordering on the 16 functions,
α_i f = 1 says f is “above or identical to” f_i in the
implication lattice, that is, f ≥ f_i in the implication
ordering.
Table 14. Qualifiers of the Implication Ordering α_i f = Υ(f_i, f)
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Table 15 shows the value of each β_i on each of the
16 boolean functions f : B × B → B.
In terms of the implication ordering on the 16 functions,
β_i f = 1 says f is “below or identical to” f_i in the
implication lattice, that is, f ≤ f_i in the implication
ordering.
Table 15. Qualifiers of the Implication Ordering β_i f = Υ(f, f_i)
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Applied to a given proposition f, the qualifiers α_i and β_i
tell whether f is above f_i or below f_i, respectively, in the
implication ordering.
By way of example, let us trace the effects of several such measures,
namely, those which occupy the limiting positions in the Tables.
• α₀f = 1 iff f₀ ⇒ f iff 0 ⇒ f, hence α₀f = 1 for all f.
• α₁₅f = 1 iff f₁₅ ⇒ f iff 1 ⇒ f, hence α₁₅f = 1 iff f = 1.
• β₀f = 1 iff f ⇒ f₀ iff f ⇒ 0, hence β₀f = 1 iff f = 0.
• β₁₅f = 1 iff f ⇒ f₁₅ iff f ⇒ 1, hence β₁₅f = 1 for all f.
Expressed in terms of the propositional forms they value positively,
α₀ = β₁₅ is a wholly indifferent or indiscriminate measure, accepting
every proposition f : B × B → B, whereas the measures α₁₅ and β₀ value
the constant propositions 1 : B × B → B and 0 : B × B → B, respectively,
above all others.
Regards,
Jon