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Toward A Logical Theory Of Fairness and Bias

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13659v1
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 09:18:28 GMT
Title: Toward A Logical Theory Of Fairness and Bias
Authors: Vaishak Belle
Abstract summary: We argue for a formal reconstruction of fairness definitions. We look into three notions: fairness through unawareness, demographic parity and counterfactual fairness.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Abstract: Fairness in machine learning is of considerable interest in recent years owing to the propensity of algorithms trained on historical data to amplify and perpetuate historical biases. In this paper, we argue for a formal reconstruction of fairness definitions, not so much to replace existing definitions but to ground their application in an epistemic setting and allow for rich environmental modelling. Consequently we look into three notions: fairness through unawareness, demographic parity and counterfactual fairness, and formalise these in the epistemic situation calculus.

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