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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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New arguments for adaptive logics as unifying frame for the defeasible handling of inconsistency

Diderik Batens

pp. 101-122

Abstract

Nearly all popular reasoning forms that handle inconsistencies in a defeasible way have been characterised in terms of inconsistency-adaptive logics in standard format. This format has great advantages, which are explained in the first two sections. This suggests that inconsistency-adaptive logics form a suitable unifying framework for handling such reasoning forms. I shall present four new arguments in favour of this suggestion. (1);Identifying equivalent premise sets proceeds along familiar lines and is much easier than for many other formats. (2);Inconsistency-adaptive logics offer maximally consistent interpretations by themselves, without requiring tinkering from their user. (3);Characterization in terms of inconsistency-adaptive logics offers easy extensions and variations (a fascinating new type of example will be given). (4);Inconsistency-adaptive logics allow for axiomatisations that identify a set of isomorphic models and enable one to describe inconsistent models in an unambiguous way.

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Published in:

Tanaka Koji, Berto Francesco, Mares Edwin D., Paoli Francesco (2013) Paraconsistency: logic and applications. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 101-122

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4438-7_7

Full citation:

Batens Diderik (2013) „New arguments for adaptive logics as unifying frame for the defeasible handling of inconsistency“, In: K. Tanaka, F. Berto, E. D. Mares & F. Paoli (eds.), Paraconsistency, Dordrecht, Springer, 101–122.