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Title

Defeasible deontic logic / edited by Donald Nute.

Publication

Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Nute, Donald, 1947-

Description

x, 354 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

• This book explores the applicability of recent work in nonmonotonic logic to normative reasoning. Classical deontic logic is monotonic, meaning that any conclusion derivable from some set of premises remains derivable when new premises are added. But normative reasoning involves prima facie obligations, conditional obligations, and the precedence of one normative principle over another.
• An acceptable argument may be defeated by a new line of reasoning when new information activates competing normative principles. The failure of classical deontic logic to model these features leads to paradoxes, and moral theorists generally respond by ignoring deontic logic. The book presents new models for normative reasoning relevant to philosophy, law, management and artificial intelligence.
• Audience: Researchers in moral theory, philosophical logic, philosophy of law, legal reasoning, organizational theory in business, decision support systems, expert systems, knowledge representation, deontic logic, nonmonotonic logic, and automated reasoning. This book could be used in an advanced graduate course in philosophical logic.

Series Statement

Synthese library ; v. 263

Uniform Title

Synthese library ; v. 263.

Subject

• Deontic logic

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Donald Nute and Xiaochang Yu -- Nonmonotonic Foundations for Deontic Logic / John F. Horty -- Deontic Logics of Defeasibility / Marvin Belzer and Barry Loewer -- Systematic Frame Constants in Defeasible Deontic Logic / Lennart Aqvist -- The Many Faces of Defeasibility in Defeasible Deontic Logic / Leendert W. N. van der Torre and Yao-Hua Tan -- Deontic Logic Viewed as Defeasible Reasoning / Y. U. Ryu and R. M. Lee -- Reasons to Think and Act / Michael Morreau -- Common Sense Obligation / Nicholas Asher and Daniel Bonevac -- Defeasible Reasoning and Moral Dilemmas / Robert C. Koons and T. K. Seung -- Dyadic Deontic Logic and Contrary-to-Duty Obligations / Henry Prakken and Marek Sergot -- Defeasible Reasoning with Legal Rules / Lamber Royakkers and Frank Dignum -- Apparent Obligation / Donald Nute -- A New Approach to Contrary-to-Duty Obligations / Jose Carmo and Andrew J. I. Jones -- Alchourron and Von Wright on Conflict Among Norms / R. P. Loui.

ISBN

0792346300 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97021575

OCLC

• 37004444
• ocm37004444

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries