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, 2014 In this paper we discuss some reasons why temporal logic might not be suitable to model real life norms. To show this, we present a novel deontic logic contrary-to-duty/derived permission paradox based on the interaction of obligations, permissions and ...
Calardo E. +6 more
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The Good Samaritan and the Hygienic Cook: A Cautionary Tale About Linguistic Data [PDF]
, 2009 When developing formal theories of the meaning of language, it is appropriate to consider how apparent paradoxes and conundrums of language are best resolved. But if we base our analysis on a small sample of data then we may fail to take into account the
Fox, C
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Action Type Deontic Logic [PDF]
Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 2014 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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No Guide to Ground: Right‐Making and Right‐Makers
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is often taken for granted that right‐makers, that is, the things that make something—say, an action—right, do so by explaining why it is right. This view can be spelled out in terms of metaphysical ground: right‐making just is grounding of rightness facts.
Singa Behrens
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Quantifiers for a Modal Future
Philosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Future auxiliaries present a challenge to the classical analysis of modal expressions as existential or universal quantifiers over a contextually provided set of possible worlds: these expressions come with a distinct modal flavor, but their interaction with negation and the fact that future judgments come in degrees of confidence is ...
Malte Willer
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Detection and resolution of normative conflicts in multi-agent systems : a literature survey [PDF]
, 2017 Peer ...
Santos, Jéssica +4 more
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Why Paternalism Is Wrong (When It Is Wrong)
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper proposes a novel reinterpretation of the familiar, if inchoate, thought that paternalism offends against an ideal of personal sovereignty. The central idea is that (competent) persons have a particular kind of normative power. Just as each of us has the right to control how others are permitted to use our bodies or property, we each
Jonathan Parry
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Um panorama da lógica deôntica
Kriterion, 2008 O presente artigo é uma apresentação dos principais sistemas de lógica deôntica, na qual algumas conexões éticas e jurídicas relevantes são enfatizadas.This article contains a general survey of the main systems of deontic logic, emphasizing some ethical ...
Nelson Gonçalves Gomes
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Imperative change and obligation to do [PDF]
, 2003 The ambition of the paper is to provide a solution to the problem posed by Von Wright (1999): how is it possible that the two actions, one of producing P and the other of preventing P can have different deontic status, the former being obligatory and the
Žarnić, Berislav
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Reliability of a Speaker and Recognition of a Listener: Bocheński and Nyāya on the Relation of Authority [PDF]
, 2017 In the Nyāyasūtras (NS), the fundamental text of the Nyāya tradition, testimony is defined as a statement of a reliable speaker (āpta). According to the NS, such a speaker should possess three qualities: competence, honesty and desire to speak.
Rostalska, Agnieszka
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