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Possible worlds semantics for credulous and contraction inference
By Alexander Bochman
A possible worlds semantics is suggested for a broad class of nonmonotonic inference relations, including not only traditional skeptical ones, but also credulous and contraction inference. The semantics could be used to provide a canonical framework for studying and comparing different kinds of nonmonotonic inference.
Posted by Tony Marmo
at 11:42 GMT
Updated: Monday, 7 March 2005 11:44 GMT