Coherence and nonmonotonicity in human reasoning

DOI10.1007/s11229-005-9073-xzbMath1079.03521OpenAlexW2045455892MaRDI QIDQ2576429

Niki Pfeifer, Gernot D. Kleiter

Publication date: 12 December 2005

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-005-9073-x

zbMATH Keywords

nonmonotonic reasoninghuman reasoningSystem P

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other nonclassical logic (03B60) Logic in artificial intelligence (68T27) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Cognitive psychology (91E10)

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