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Belief merging in absence of reliability information

Authors :
Paolo Liberatore
Source :
Synthese. 200
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022.

Abstract

Merging beliefs depends on the relative reliability of their sources. When this is information is absent, assuming equal reliability is unwarranted. The solution proposed in this article is that every reliability profile is possible, and only what holds according to all of them is accepted. Alternatively, one source is completely reliable, but which one is not specified. These two cases motivate two existing forms of merging: maxcons-based merging and disjunctive merging.

Subjects

Subjects :
Philosophy
General Social Sciences

Details

ISSN :
15730964
Volume :
200
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Synthese
Accession number :
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Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03750-7