Induction and Confirmation Theory: An Approach based on a Paraconsistent Nonmonotonic Logic

This paper is an effort to realize and explore the connections that exist between nonmonotonic logic and confirmation theory. We pick up one of the most wide-spread nonmonotonic formalisms – default logic – and analyze to what extent and under what adjustments it could work as a logic of induction i...

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Main Author: Ricardo Sousa Silvestre
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2010-12-01
Series:Princípios
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Online Access:http://www.principios.cchla.ufrn.br/28P-71-98.pdf