In philosophy of logic, defeasible reasoning is a kind of provisional reasoning that is rationally compelling, though not deductively valid. It usually...

presupposition to be cancelled Defeasible reasoning, a type of convincing but not demonstrative philosophical reasoning Defeasible logic, a non-monotonic logic...

belief. Defeaters play a central role in modern developments of defeasible reasoning. There are two types of defeaters: rebutting defeaters and undercutting...

Non-deductive reasoning is ampliative and defeasible. Sometimes, the terms non-deductive reasoning, ampliative reasoning, and defeasible reasoning are used...

and Patrick Suppes). This dissertation contained an appendix on defeasible reasoning that would eventually blossom into his main contribution to philosophy...

bibliography Critical thinking – Analysis of facts to form a judgment Defeasible reasoning – Reasoning that is rationally compelling, though not deductively valid...

logic and paraconsistent logic.: 373–424  Building on theories of defeasible reasoning (see John L. Pollock), systems have been built that define well-formedness...

lead to the conclusion (non-monotonic reasoning). This type of reasoning is referred to as defeasible reasoning. For instance we consider the famous Tweety...

partially formal treatises on argument and dialectic, systems based on defeasible reasoning, and systems based on game semantics and dialogical logic. Since...

ampliative reasoning is defeasible: it may become necessary to retract an earlier conclusion upon receiving new related information. Ampliative reasoning is very...