Sökning: "Belief revision"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden Belief revision.

  1. 1. Non-linear belief revision : Foundations and applications : by John Cantwell

    Författare :John Cantwell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Belief revision; iterated belief revision; non-linear belief revision; epistemic entrenchment; plausibility relations; possibility relations; preferential relations; sources of information; contradictory information; non-prioritised belief revision; AGM; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : Three structures for belief revision: plausability relations on states, relations of epistemic entrenchment on propositions and systems of spheres (hypertheories), are generalised to the non-linear (non-connected) case. The further generalisation to the case of sets of such structures is also investigated. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Interrogative Belief Revision

    Författare :Sebastian Enqvist; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; belief revision; questions; modal logic; research agenda;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the theory of interrogative belief revision, a recent development in the subfield of philosophical logic known as belief revision theory. While classical belief revision theory deals with the dynamics of an agent’s beliefs, interrogative belief revision aims to describe the dynamics of the agent’s questions about the world, or research agenda, as well. LÄS MER

  4. 3. On Non-Prioritized Multiple Belief Revision

    Författare :Li Zhang; Sven Ove Hansson; John Cantwell; Tor Sandqvist; André Fuhrmann; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Non-prioritized multiple revision; Making up one s mind; Choice revision; Descriptor revision; AGM; Believability relation; Multiple believability relation; Belief base; Partial expansion; Multiple contraction; Filosofi; Philosophy; Mathematics; Matematik; Computer Science; Datalogi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates a sort of non-prioritized multiple revision, the operation of making up one's mind, and its generalization, the operation of choice revision. Making up one's mind about a sentence is a belief change that takes the agent to a belief state in which either the sentence or its negation is believed. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Coherence : Studies in epistemology and belief revision

    Författare :Erik J. Olsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; coherence; justification; belief revision; epistemology; AGM; Bonjour; Lehrer; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of seven papers and a comprehensive summary. The subject matter is so-calledcoherence theories of justification, according to which epistemic justification, and ultimately knowledge,is essentially a matter of relations between beliefs, of how well they hang together. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Willy Brandt och Berlinfrågan : En studie i kontinuiteten i Brandts politiska tänkande

    Författare :Lennart Hellström; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Berlin Question; Willy Brandt; Berlin Wall; semantic method; Operational Code; belief system; Political and administrative sciences; historical lessons; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : Willy Brandt is one of the most important charismatic leaders of the postwar era and his Ostpolitik is considered his great political achievement. The Berlin Question can be said to symbolize his political activities. Therefore, by concentrating on this issue I can explore and analyse his political thinking as a whole. LÄS MER