Grounded Consequence for Defeasible Logic - Hardcover

Antonelli, Aldo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521842050 ISBN 13: 9780521842051

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

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, it contains sections that outline basic issues through intuitive and simple examples.

Review

Review of the hardback: 'Antonelli applies some of the techniques developed in Kripke's approach to the paradoxes to generalize some of the most popular formalisms for nonmonotonic reasoning, particularly Default Logic. The result is a complex and sophisticated theory that is technically solid and attractive from an intuitive standpoint.' John Horty, Committee on Philosophy and the Sciences, University of Maryland

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521842050
• ISBN 13: 9780521842051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 132