Grounded Consequence for Defeasible Logic

This book examines the foundations of defeasible logic, exploring the properties of everyday reasoning patterns.

Aldo Antonelli (Author)

9780521122634, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 November 2009

132 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm, 0.2 kg

Review of the hardback: '… accessible to an audience with no previous exposure to either defeasible inheritance or default reasoning.' Zentralblatt MATH

This is a title on the foundations of defeasible logic, which explores the formal properties of everyday reasoning patterns whereby people jump to conclusions, reserving the right to retract them in the light of further information. Although technical in nature the book contains sections that outline basic issues by means of intuitive and simple examples. This book is primarily targeted at philosophers interested in the foundations of defeasible logic, logicians, and specialists in artificial intelligence and theoretical computer science.

1. The logic of defeasible inference
2. Cyclic networks
3. General extensions
4. Defeasible consequence.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX], Philosophy of science [PDA], Philosophy: logic [HPL], Philosophy [HP]