{"product_id":"for-the-sake-of-the-argument-ramsey-test-conditionals-inductive-inference-and-nonmonotonic-reasoning-hardback-9780521497138","title":"For the Sake of the Argument; Ramsey Test Conditionals, Inductive Inference and Nonmonotonic Reasoning (Hardback) 9780521497138","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFor the Sake of the Argument\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRamsey Test Conditionals, Inductive Inference and Nonmonotonic Reasoning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers an account of suppositional reasoning relevant to practical deliberation, explanation, prediction and hypothesis testing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsaac Levi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521497138, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 January 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e362 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.622 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is in itself valuable.  Philosophers will find in this book a conscientious and by and large successful attempt to come to terms with some of the basic work in nonmonotonic reasoning, and to render it in language that is familiar to them.\"    Michael Morreau, Jrnl of Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book by one of the world's foremost philosophers in the fields of epistemology and logic offers an account of suppositional reasoning relevant to practical deliberation, explanation, prediction and hypothesis testing. Suppositions made 'for the sake of argument' sometimes conflict with our beliefs, and when they do, some beliefs are rejected and others retained. Thanks to such belief contravention, adding content to a supposition can undermine conclusions reached without it. Subversion can also arise because suppositional reasoning is ampliative. These two types of nonmonotonic logic are the focus of this book. A detailed comparison of nonmonotonicity appropriate to both belief contravening and ampliative suppositional reasoning reveals important differences that have been overlooked.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Unextended Ramsey tests\u003cbr\u003e 3. Modality without modal ontology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Aspects of conditional logic\u003cbr\u003e 5. Nonmonotonicity in belief change and suppositional reasoning\u003cbr\u003e 6. Inductive expansion\u003cbr\u003e 7. Defaults\u003cbr\u003e 8. Matters of degree\u003cbr\u003e 9. Normality and expectation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Agents and automata\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: logic [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: logic\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20logic%20%5BHPL%5D%22\"\u003eHPL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019718250776,"sku":"9780521497138","price":56.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521497138_594938ab-9f97-4db7-bccc-e370be809afc.gif?v=1691383141","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/for-the-sake-of-the-argument-ramsey-test-conditionals-inductive-inference-and-nonmonotonic-reasoning-hardback-9780521497138","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}