Monotonicity and reasoning with exceptions
Författare
Summary, in English
A proposal by Ferguson [2003, Argumentation 17, 335-346] for a fully monotonic argument form allowing for the expression of defeasible generalizations is critically examined and rejected as a general solution. It is argued that (i) his proposal reaches less than the default-logician's solution allows, e.g., the monotonously derived conclusion is one-sided and itself not defeasible. (ii) when applied to a suitable example, his proposal derives the wrong conclusion. Unsuccessful remedies are discussed.
Publiceringsår
2006-10
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
227-236
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Argumentation
Volym
20
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Philosophy
Nyckelord
- Default logic
- Defeasible reasoning
- Exceptions
- Monotonicity
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0920-427X