probabilistic
- adjective
- /ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪstɪk/
- Specialized
:
probabilístico
- In situations with moral uncertainty, the decision-making process can often be guided by a probabilistic approach, allowing one to choose the better-supported opinion.
Examples
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The counselor explained that a probabilistic view on ethical dilemmas provides flexibility in actions when facing conflicting moral opinions.
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Many philosophers argue that embracing a probabilistic stance in uncertain situations can lead to more informed and reasonable choices.
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Enginerd: The uncertainty inherent in determining a pair of conjugate variables—such as the length and pitch of a sound—is indeed a core part of QM, but is not probabilistic.
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One way to try to flesh this intuition out is to say that some beliefs are meaningful by virtue of being subject to revision by experience (i.e., they directly pay rent), while others are meaningful by virtue of being epistemically entangled with beliefs that pay rent (in the sense of not being independent beliefs in the probabilistic sense).
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Compounds
- Specialized
A model that gives the chance of each possible class for an input, for example whether an email is spam
Surface Forms
Morphology
probabilistic = probability + probabilism (semi-transparent) = probability + istic
Formally related to 'probability' but used in a specialized doctrinal sense linked to 'probabilism', so the specific philosophical meaning may not be inferable by a general learner.
Etymology
Probabilistic in the religious sense also comes from probable and the Latin root probare 'to test' or 'prove'. A helpful way to remember this use is that it means following a 'probable' opinion in moral doubt, so you accept a likely choice when there is no certain answer.
