Iterated Belief Revision
This is a discussion of the problem of extending the basic AGM belief revision theory to iterated belief revision: the problem of formulating rules, not only for revising a basic belief state in response to potential new information, but also for revising one’s revision rules in response to potentia...
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| author | Stalnaker, Robert |
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| description | This is a discussion of the problem of extending the basic AGM belief revision theory to iterated belief revision: the problem of formulating rules, not only for revising a basic belief state in response to potential new information, but also for revising one’s revision rules in response to potential new information. The emphasis in the paper is on foundational questions about the nature of and motivation for various constraints, and about the methodology of the evaluation of putative counterexamples to proposed constraints. Some specific constraints that have been proposed are criticized. The paper emphasizes the importance of meta-information—information about one’s sources of information—and argues that little of substance can be said about constraints on iterated belief revision at a level of abstraction that lacks the resources for explicit representation of meta-information. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/498532022-09-30T08:14:38Z Iterated Belief Revision Stalnaker, Robert Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Stalnaker, Robert Stalnaker, Robert This is a discussion of the problem of extending the basic AGM belief revision theory to iterated belief revision: the problem of formulating rules, not only for revising a basic belief state in response to potential new information, but also for revising one’s revision rules in response to potential new information. The emphasis in the paper is on foundational questions about the nature of and motivation for various constraints, and about the methodology of the evaluation of putative counterexamples to proposed constraints. Some specific constraints that have been proposed are criticized. The paper emphasizes the importance of meta-information—information about one’s sources of information—and argues that little of substance can be said about constraints on iterated belief revision at a level of abstraction that lacks the resources for explicit representation of meta-information. 2009-11-25T16:12:54Z 2009-11-25T16:12:54Z 2008-12 2008-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/SubmittedJournalArticle 1572-8420 0165-0106 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49853 Stalnaker, Robert. “Iterated Belief Revision.” Erkenntnis 70.2 (2009): 189-209. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8503-8662 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10670-008-9147-5 Erkenntnis Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Springer Netherlands Robert Stalnaker |
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| title | Iterated Belief Revision |
| title_full | Iterated Belief Revision |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Iterated Belief Revision |
| title_short | Iterated Belief Revision |
| title_sort | iterated belief revision |
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