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«Ceteris Paribus» in Conservative Belief Revision

By Frank Zenker

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«Ceteris Paribus» in Conservative Belief Revision

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This work contrasts conservative or minimally mutilating revisions of empirical theories as they are identified in the presently dominant AGM model of formal belief revision and the structuralist program for the reconstruction of empirical theories. The aim is to make understandable why both approaches only partly succeed in substantially informing and formally restraining the issue. With respect to the rationality of minimal change, the overall result is negative. Readers with an interest in formal epistemology are provided with application cases (mercury anomaly, revision of early thermo-dynamics, introduction of the neutrino), the historically inclined reader is offered a systematic perspective. The discussion can largely be followed without a background in formal logic.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
146
Release Date:
2009-06-04
Publication Date:
2009-06-04
Publisher:
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3631572832
ISBN13:
9783631572832
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
210 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
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