An information-based theory of conditionals (Q1861134)
From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
---|---|---|---|
English | An information-based theory of conditionals |
scientific article |
Statements
An information-based theory of conditionals (English)
0 references
12 March 2003
0 references
The author makes a formal investigation of an interesting interface between the worlds of Artificial Intelligence, the formal semantics of the conditional ``if-then'' and the logic of subjective conditionals, all three in an information-theory context. It is assumed that both schema-based inference and conditional semantics are based on F. I. Dretske's concept of information flow and the notion of a constraint in situation semantics due to J. Barwise and J. Perry. The author presents an alternative logic of situations, information flow and subjective conditionals based on a three-valued partial logic. Several useful examples are discussed in detail as well as some paradoxes of conditional implication.
0 references
entailment
0 references
conditions
0 references
counterfactuals
0 references
subjective conditionals
0 references
information flow
0 references
constraint
0 references
situation semantics
0 references
three-valued partial logic
0 references