Modal logic for preference based on reasons

Daniel Osherson; Scott Weinstein

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41660-6_29

Modal logic for preference based on reasons

Daniel Osherson, Scott Weinstein

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We discuss the logic of preferences, introducing modal connectives that reflect reasons to prefer that one formula rather than another be true. An axiomatic analysis of two such logics is presented.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	In Search of Elegance in the Theory and Practice of Computation
Subtitle of host publication	Essays Dedicated to Peter Buneman
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	516-541
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Print)	9783642416590
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41660-6_29
State	Published - 2013

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8000
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Osherson, D., & Weinstein, S. (2013). Modal logic for preference based on reasons. In In Search of Elegance in the Theory and Practice of Computation: Essays Dedicated to Peter Buneman (pp. 516-541). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8000). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41660-6_29

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Osherson, D & Weinstein, S 2013, Modal logic for preference based on reasons. in In Search of Elegance in the Theory and Practice of Computation: Essays Dedicated to Peter Buneman. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8000, Springer Verlag, pp. 516-541. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41660-6_29

Modal logic for preference based on reasons. / Osherson, Daniel; Weinstein, Scott.
In Search of Elegance in the Theory and Practice of Computation: Essays Dedicated to Peter Buneman. Springer Verlag, 2013. p. 516-541 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8000).

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Osherson D, Weinstein S. Modal logic for preference based on reasons. In In Search of Elegance in the Theory and Practice of Computation: Essays Dedicated to Peter Buneman. Springer Verlag. 2013. p. 516-541. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-41660-6_29

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