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How to give it up: A survey of some formal aspects of the logic of theory change

Synthese 68 (1):185 - 186 (1986)

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On the logic of theory change: Contraction functions and their associated revision functions.Carlos E. Alchourron & David Makinson - 1982 - Theoria 48 (1):14-37.details A study in the logic of theory change, examining the properties of maxichoice contraction and revision operations. Download Export citation Bookmark 109 citations
Hierarchies of regulations and their logic.Carlos E. Alchourrón & David Makinson - 1981 - In Risto Hilpinen (ed.), New Studies in Deontic Logic: Norms, Actions, and the Foundations of Ethics. Dordrecht, Netherland: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 125--148.details Investigates the resolution of contradictions and ambiguous derogations in a code, by means of the imposition of partial orderings. Download Export citation Bookmark 64 citations
New studies in deontic logic.C. E. Alchourrón & D. Makinson - 1981 - In Risto Hilpinen (ed.), New Studies in Deontic Logic: Norms, Actions, and the Foundations of Ethics. Dordrecht, Netherland: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 125--148.details Investigates the resolution of contradictions and ambiguous derogations in a code, by means of the imposition of partial orderings. Although formulated as a study in the logic of norms, it provided the initial ideas for work on the logic of theory (or belief) change, developed by the authors in a series of papers by the authors and Peter Gardenfors beginning in 1985. Download Export citation Bookmark 42 citations

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