Hypothetical reasoning - Kasetsu suiron

Japanese: 仮説推論 - かせつすいろん
Hypothetical reasoning - Kasetsu suiron

... Also, if the knowledge base states that there are ingredients for curry other than curry powder, but the information that "there is curry powder" is not in the knowledge base, when asked "Can you make curry?", instead of answering "I don't know," you can answer "If you have curry powder, you can make curry" (because you don't currently know whether you have curry powder or not). This is a method of leading to a conclusion by setting up the hypothesis that "if there is curry powder," and is called abductive reasoning. What if there was no meat instead of curry powder? ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "hypothetical reasoning" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… また,カレー粉以外のカレーの材料があることが知識ベースに書かれていて,〈カレー粉がある〉という情報が知識ベースにない場合,〈カレーができるか〉ときいた場合に,〈わからない〉と答えるのではなく,(現在はカレー粉があるかどうかわからないので)〈カレー粉があれば,カレーができる〉という答えをする方法もある。これは〈カレー粉があれば〉という仮説を設けて結論を導く方法で仮説推論と呼ばれている。 カレー粉ではなく肉がなかったらどうであろう。…

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