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For the Sake of the Argument : Ramsey Test Conditionals, Inductive Inference and Nonmonotonic Reasoning by Isaac Levi (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521497132
ISBN-139780521497138
eBay Product ID (ePID)434781
Product Key Features
Number of Pages362 Pages
Publication NameFor the Sake of the Argument : Ramsey Test Conditionals, Inductive Inference and Nonmonotonic Reasoning
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, General, Logic
Publication Year1996
TypeTextbook
AuthorIsaac Levi
Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Science
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight22 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-002436
Reviews"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, "The book is recommended reading for philosophers and logicians concerned with conditional logics and inductive inference and will interest researchers in artificial intelligence involved in nonmonotonic reasoning and belief revision." A. Florea, Computing Reviews, "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, "The book is recommended reading for hilosophers and logicians concerned with conditional logics and inductive inference and will interest researchers in artificial intelligence involved in nonmonotonic reasoning and belief revision." A. Florea, Computing Reviews
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal160
Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Unextended Ramsey tests; 3. Modality without modal ontology; 4. Aspects of conditional logic; 5. Nonmonotonicity in belief change and suppositional reasoning; 6. Inductive expansion; 7. Defaults; 8. Matters of degree; 9. Normality and expectation; 10. Agents and automata; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.
SynopsisProfessor Levi offers an account of suppositional reasoning relevant to practical deliberation, explanation, prediction and hypothesis testing. This major study will be required reading for all philosophers and logicians concerned with conditionals, decision theory and inductive inference., This 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., This work from a philosopher 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.
LC Classification NumberBC183 .L48 1996
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