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Belief Revision II: Ranking Theory
Author(s) -
Huber Franz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12047
Subject(s) - doxastic logic , belief revision , iterated function , ranking (information retrieval) , ideal (ethics) , epistemology , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , mathematics , philosophy , mathematical analysis
Belief revision theory studies how an ideal doxastic agent should revise her beliefs when she receives new information. In part I, I have first presented the AGM theory of belief revision. Then I have focused on the problem of iterated belief revisions. In part II, I will first present ranking theory (Spohn 1988). Then I will show how it solves the problem of iterated belief revisions. I will conclude by sketching two areas of future research.