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Suppositional Reasoning and Perceptual Justification [PDF]

, 2016
James Van Cleve raises some objections to my attempt to solve the bootstrapping problem for what I call “basic justification theories.” I argue that given 1 the inference rules endorsed by basic justification theorists, we are a priori (propositionally ...
Cohen, Stewart
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Why Death Is Most in One's Self‐Interest, and Necessarily So

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most of us think that death is usually not in the self‐interest of the one who dies. Let us momentarily put this belief aside and examine death in a new light. This paper presents a two‐step argument to show why death is most in one's self‐interest, necessarily.
Victor Kriska
wiley   +1 more source

Reasoning by Cases in Structured Argumentation

, 2017
We extend the $ASPIC^+$ framework for structured argumentation so as to allow applications of the reasoning by cases inference scheme for defeasible arguments.
Beirlaen, Mathieu, Heyninck, Jesse, Straßer, Christian   +2 more
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Questions Should Have Answers

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Making sense of the world often requires one to come up with new ideas, including ideas one had previously been unable to think of. How and when should this be done? I propose and defend a norm of rationality linking wondering, belief, and abilities to conceive: one must not both wonder a question and reject all answers to it that one can ...
Michael Deigan
wiley   +1 more source

Defeasible Reasoning in Islamic Legal Theory

Informal Logic
There is a common understanding among logicians today that nonmonotonic types of reasoning, such as defeasible or presumptive, can clearly warrant a rational acceptance of its conclusion.
Muhammed Komath
doaj   +1 more source

Resource-driven Substructural Defeasible Logic

, 2018
Linear Logic and Defeasible Logic have been adopted to formalise different features relevant to agents: consumption of resources, and reasoning with exceptions.
DQ Pham, F Olivieri, F Olivieri, G Governatori, G Governatori, J Rao, JY Girard, M Gaboardi, M Tanabe, P Küngas, U Engberg   +10 more
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Progress, Objectivism, and Philosophy of History: the Problem of Progress in Critical Theory

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I evaluate Rahel Jaeggi's theory of progress as outlined in her recent book Fortschritt und Regression. The central question of this paper will be whether Jaeggi's theory of progress in terms of an “accumulating problem‐solving process” can answer the critique of progress put forward by Amy Allen in The End of Progress.
Wouter Wiersma
wiley   +1 more source

Argumentos Máximamente Específicos en Argumentación Rebatible

Manuscrito
Resumen DeLP (Defeasible Logic Programming) is a defeasible argumentation system that captures common sense reasoning features. Examples proposed in the literature show that DeLP gets counterintuitive results.
Cláudio Andrés Alessio
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Temporal Coherence and Defeasible Knowledge [PDF]

, 1993
We discuss data involving the temporal structure of connected discourse. Questions are raised about the relation between clause order in discourse and causal order in the world, and about the coherence of certain discourses.
Lascarides, Alex, Oberlander, Jon
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The Asymmetrical Political Ethics of the European Parliament: Responding to Undemocratically Elected Representatives from Backslid(ing) EU Member States

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a novel, productive approach to political ethics in the European Parliament (EP), assuming some of its members (MEPs) are elected undemocratically in member states severely affected by democratic backsliding. It explores the normative foundations of how other MEPs should deal with undemocratically elected MEPs here and now ...
Attila Mráz
wiley   +1 more source