Descriptor Revision - Belief Change through Direct Choice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book provides a critical examination of how the choice of what to believe is represented in the standard model of belief change. In particular the use of possible worlds and infinite remainders as objects of choice is critically examined. Descriptors are introduced as a versatile tool for expressing the success conditions of belief change, addressing both local and global descriptor revision. The book presents dynamic descriptors such as Ramsey descriptors that convey how an agent's beliefs tend to be changed in response to different inputs. It also explores sentential revision and demonstrates how local and global operations of revision by a sentence can be derived as a special case of descriptor revision. Lastly, the book examines revocation, a generalization of contraction in which a specified sentence is removed in a process that may possibly also involve the addition of some new information to the belief set.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Trends in Logic, 46
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Sven Ove Hansson
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	239
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-53060-4
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Databases > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Promotions
LSN:	3-319-53060-7
Barcode:	9783319530604

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