A New Perspective on Nonmonotonic Logics

by Karl Schlechta and Dov M Gabbay

Book Overview

In this book the authors present new results on interpolation for nonmonotonic logics, abstract (function) independence, the Talmudic Kal Vachomer rule, and an equational solution of contrary-to-duty obligations. The chapter on formal construction is the conceptual core of the book, where the authors combine the ideas of several types of nonmonotonic logics and their analysis of 'natural' concepts into a formal logic, a special preferential construction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319835939
• ISBN13: 9783319835938
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"