Sentences with word «retrodiction»

The determinist is stuck with a symmetry between prediction and retrodiction such that he can not specify the difference between saying «It will happen» and «It happened.»

That is the truth in the causal theory of time, and that truth is not endangered should our successes in retrodiction and in prediction match each other, for still causal dependency is an asymmetrical relation.

The prehensive relationship remains asymmetrical even in those systems of lawfulness that permit both retrodiction and prediction.

The butterfly effect limits both prediction and retrodiction, and hence explanation, because specific events can not be ascribed to specific causes with complete certainty.

These appear to have not been predictions, but merely adjustments of theory («retrodictions») to accommodate current data.»

Another term coined for this process is retrodiction, in analogy wit prediction.