Knowledge Representation and Defeasible Reasoning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Defeasible Reasoning and the Frame Problem

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Defeasible Logic and The Frame Problem

      • Donald Nute

      Pages 3-21

   3. Monotonic Solution of The Frame Problem in The Situation Calculus

      • Lenhart Schubert

      Pages 23-67

   4. A Framework for Reasoning with Defaults

      • Hector Geffner, Judea Pearl

      Pages 69-87

   5. The Frame Problem and Relevant Predication

      • J. Michael Dunn

      Pages 89-95

3. Representation Problems and Ordinary Language

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Thing and Thought

      • Don Perlis

      Pages 99-117

   3. Bare Plurals as Plural Indefinite Noun Phrases

      • Brendan S. Gillon

      Pages 119-166

   4. Seeing To it That: A Canonical Form for Agentives

      • Nuel Belnap, Michael Perloff

      Pages 167-190

   5. Speaker Plans, Linguistic Contexts, and Indirect Speech Acts

      • Andrew McCafferty

      Pages 191-220

4. Inference Rules and Belief Revision

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Belief Revision, Non-Monotonic Reasoning, and the Ramsey Test

      • Charles Cross

      Pages 223-244

   3. Jeffrey’s Rule, Passage of Experience, and Neo-Bayesianism

      • Judea Pearl

      Pages 245-265

   4. Two Perspectives on Consensus for (Bayesian) Inference and Decisions

      • Teddy Seidenfeld

      Pages 267-286

   5. Conditionals and Conditional Probabilities: Three Triviality Theorems

      • Hugues Leblanc, Peter Roeper

      Pages 287-306

5. Logical Problems in Representing Knowledge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307

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   2. Inheritance Theory and Path-Based Reasoning: An Introduction

      • Bob Carpenter, Richmond Thomason

      Pages 309-343

   3. Defeasible Specification of Utilities

      • Ronald Loui

      Pages 345-359

   4. Introduction to A Logic of Assertions

      • Robin Giles

      Pages 361-385

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data­ processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) ani­ mal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psy­ chology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelli­ gence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental, and methodological studies will also ap­ pear from time to time. The present volume provides a collection of studies that focus on some of the central problems within the domain of artificial intelligence. These difficulties fall into four principal areas: defeasible reasoning (including the frame problem as apart), ordinary language (and the representation prob­ lems that it generates), the revision of beliefs (and its rules of inference), and knowledge representation (and the logical problems that are encountered there). These papers make original contributions to each of these areas of inquiry and should be of special interest to those who understand the crucial role that is played by questions of logical form. They vividly illustrate the benefits that can emerge from collaborative efforts involving scholars from linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and AI. J. H. F.

• knowledge representation
• logic
• nonmonotonic reasoning

• Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science, University of Rochester, USA

  Henry E. Kyburg

• Department of Computer Science, Washington University, USA

  Ronald P. Loui

• Department of Foreign Languages, University of Rochester, USA

  Greg N. Carlson

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