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defeasible in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Defeasible may
refer to:
Defeasibility (linguistics), the
ability of an
implicature or presupposition...
- In
philosophy of logic,
defeasible reasoning is a kind of
provisional reasoning that is
rationally compelling,
though not
deductively valid. It usually...
- A
defeasible estate is
created when a
grantor transfers land conditionally. Upon the
happening of the
event or
condition stated by the grantor, the transfer...
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Defeasible logic is a non-monotonic
logic proposed by
Donald Nute to
formalize defeasible reasoning. In
defeasible logic,
there are
three different types...
-
discussed in
terms of
deductive arguments, but they can also
occur as
defeasible arguments. The
human liability to
commit false dilemmas may be due to...
-
types in
which premises and
conclusions are
connected in
informal and
defeasible ways. The
Latin root
arguere (to make bright, enlighten, make known, prove...
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informal logic and
paraconsistent logic.: 373–424
Building on
theories of
defeasible reasoning (see John L. Pollock),
systems have been
built that
define well-formedness...
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debtor (now
plaintiff in equity) had
given a bond to pay a sum of £400, “
defeasible if 20
marks (£13 s. 8d.) was paid by a
certain date.”
Rather than grant...
- of the belief.
Defeaters play a
central role in
modern developments of
defeasible reasoning.
There are two
types of defeaters:
rebutting defeaters and undercutting...
- In the
linguistic field of pragmatics, an
inference is said to be
defeasible or
cancellable if it can be made to
disappear by the
addition of
another statement...
