IIIE 20352
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERIA ELECTRICA "ALFREDO DESAGES"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Defeasible Reasoning + Partial Models: A Formal Framework for the Methodology of Research Programs
Autor/es:
FERNANDO TOHMÉ; CLAUDIO DELRIEUX; OTÁVIO BUENO
Revista:
FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 16 p. 47 - 65
ISSN:
1233-1821
Resumen:
In this paper we show that any reasoning process in which conclusions can beboth fallible and corrigible can be formalized in terms of two approaches: (i) syntactically,with the use of defeasible reasoning, according to which reasoning consists in the constructionand assessment of arguments for and against a given claim, and (ii) semantically, withthe use of partial structures, which allow for the representation of less than conclusive information.We are particularly interested in the formalization of scientific reasoning, along thelines traced by Lakatos methodology of scientific research programs.We show how currentdebates in cosmology could be put into this framework, shedding light on a very controversialtopic.
