TY - BOOK ID - 14302058 TI - Belief revision meets philosophy of science AU - Olsson, Erik J. AU - Enqvist, Sebastian. PY - 2011 SN - 9048196086 9786612995699 1282995693 9048196094 9781282995697 PB - Dordrecht, the Netherlands ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Belief change. KW - Science -- Philosophy. KW - Science KW - Belief change KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Sciences - General KW - Philosophy KW - Nonmonotonic reasoning. KW - Conditionals (Logic) KW - Knowledge, Theory of. KW - Formalization (Philosophy) KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Conditional statements (Logic) KW - Non-monotonic reasoning KW - Philosophy. KW - Logic. KW - Philosophy and science. KW - Philosophy of Science. KW - Form (Philosophy) KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Logic KW - Methodology KW - Psychology KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Reasoning KW - Argumentation KW - Deduction (Logic) KW - Deductive logic KW - Dialectic (Logic) KW - Logic, Deductive KW - Intellect KW - Thought and thinking KW - Normal science KW - Philosophy of science KW - Science and philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14302058 AB - Belief revision theory and philosophy of science both aspire to shed light on the dynamics of knowledge – on how our view of the world changes (typically) in the light of new evidence. Yet these two areas of research have long seemed strangely detached from each other, as witnessed by the small number of cross-references and researchers working in both domains. One may speculate as to what has brought about this surprising, and perhaps unfortunate, state of affairs. One factor may be that while belief revision theory has traditionally been pursued in a bottom- up manner, focusing on the endeavors of single inquirers, philosophers of science, inspired by logical empiricism, have tended to be more interested in science as a multi-agent or agent-independent phenomenon. ER -