On Boolean Algebras of Conditionals and Their Logical Counterpart

This paper sheds a novel light on the longstanding problem of investigating the logic of conditional events. Building on the framework of Boolean algebras of conditionals previously introduced by the authors, we make two main new contributions. First, we fully characterise the atomic structure of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Flaminio, Tommaso, Godo, Lluis, Hosni, Hykel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/164664
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164664
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Conditionals events
Uncertain reasoning
Non-monotonic reasoning
Boolean algebra of conditionals
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Sumario:This paper sheds a novel light on the longstanding problem of investigating the logic of conditional events. Building on the framework of Boolean algebras of conditionals previously introduced by the authors, we make two main new contributions. First, we fully characterise the atomic structure of these algebras of conditionals. Second, we introduce the logic of Boolean conditionals (LBC) and prove its completeness with respect to the natural semantics induced by the structural properties of the atoms in a conditional algebra as described in the first part. In addition we outline the close connection of LBC with preferential consequence relations, arguably one of the most appreciated systems of non-monotonic reasoning. © Springer International Publishing AG 2017.