Inference Rule

Famous quotes containing the words inference and/or rule:

    “Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we are unwilling to accept; an inference is rejected if it violates a rule we are unwilling to amend. The process of justification is the delicate one of making mutual adjustments between rules and accepted inferences; and in the agreement achieved lies the only justification needed for either.”
    —Nelson Goodman (b. 1906)

    “This administration is going to be a compassionate administration. We believe in the Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)