Booth, RMeyer, T2012-07-242012-07-242012-07Booth, R and Meyer, T. 2012. Belief change. Logic and Philosophy Today. College Publications, London, UK, pp 385-422978-1-84890-040-0http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6004Copyright: 2012 The authors.In this paper the authors present a brief overview of belief change, a research area concerned with the question of how a rational agent ought to change its mind in the face of new, possibly conflicting, information. The authors limit themselves to logic-based belief change, with a particular emphasis on classical propositional logic as the underlying logic in which beliefs are to be represented. Their intention is to provide the reader with a basic introduction to the work done in this area over the past 30 years. In doing so they hope to sketch the main historical results, provide appropriate pointers to further references, and discuss some current developments. The authors trust that this will spur on the interested reader to learn more about the topic, and perhaps to join them in the further development of this exciting field of research.enBelief changeLogical thinkingBelief contractionTheory contractionBook ChapterBooth, R., & Meyer, T. (2012). Belief change., <i>Workflow;9229</i> College Publications. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6004Booth, R, and T Meyer. "Belief change" In <i>WORKFLOW;9229</i>, n.p.: College Publications. 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6004.Booth R, Meyer T. Belief change.. Workflow;9229. [place unknown]: College Publications; 2012. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6004.TY - Book Chapter AU - Booth, R AU - Meyer, T AB - In this paper the authors present a brief overview of belief change, a research area concerned with the question of how a rational agent ought to change its mind in the face of new, possibly conflicting, information. The authors limit themselves to logic-based belief change, with a particular emphasis on classical propositional logic as the underlying logic in which beliefs are to be represented. Their intention is to provide the reader with a basic introduction to the work done in this area over the past 30 years. In doing so they hope to sketch the main historical results, provide appropriate pointers to further references, and discuss some current developments. The authors trust that this will spur on the interested reader to learn more about the topic, and perhaps to join them in the further development of this exciting field of research. DA - 2012-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Belief change KW - Logical thinking KW - Belief contraction KW - Theory contraction LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 978-1-84890-040-0 T1 - Belief change TI - Belief change UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6004 ER -