An Essay on Contraction (Studies in Logic Language and Information) - Tapa blanda

Fuhrmann, André

 
9781575860541: An Essay on Contraction (Studies in Logic Language and Information)
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ISBN 10: 1575860546 ISBN 13: 9781575860541
Editorial: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1997

Sinopsis

The book generalises earlier theories of belief change to cover all kinds of changes of sets by sets. The principal focus is still on changes of belief sets in response to new evidence. But the formal theory extends to all domains with a closure operation and a preference structure including, for example, systems of action. Contraction is the key notion; all other changes can be defined. Various new applications of the theory are outlined.

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The book generalises earlier theories of belief change to cover all kinds of changes of sets by sets. The principal focus is still on changes of belief sets in response to new evidence, but the formal theory extends to all domains with a closure operation and a preference structure including, for example, systems of action. Contraction is the key notion; all other changes can be defined. Various new applications of the theory are outlined. A sentential version of contraction, subtraction, is proposed as a formal counterpart to 'except'-locutions in natural language. Connections are emphasised with other areas at the interface between philosophical logic and artificial intelligence such as reasoning from default assumptions or from inconsistent premises. A relation of merge inference is proposed as a means of retrieving maximal but nontrivial information from inconsistent premises. Merge inference respects certain anti-Boolean intuitions while avoiding a revision of classical logic.

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FUHRMANN, A. AN ESSAY ON CONTRACTION. STANFORD, CA, 1997, x 119 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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Editorial
The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1575860546
ISBN 13 
9781575860541
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
129
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