Context-dependent abduction and relevance

Dov Gabbay, Rolf Nossum, John Woods

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Abstract

Based on the premise that what is relevant, consistent, or true may change from context to context, a formal framework of relevance and context is proposed in which contexts are mathematical entities each context has its own language with relevant implication the languages of distinct contexts are connected by embeddings inter-context deduction is supported by bridge rules databases are sets of formulae tagged with deductive histories and the contexts they belong to abduction and revision are supported by a notion of consistency of formulae and sets of formulae which are relative to a context, and which can, in turn, be seen as constituents of agendas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-81
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Philosophical Logic
Volume35
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

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