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Reason-based detachment
KNOKS, Aleks; VAN DER TORRE, Leon
2023 • In Joint Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Logics for New-Generation Artificial Intelligence and the International Workshop on Logic, AI, and Law
[en] The more recent philosophical literature on foundational questions about normativity relies heavily on the notion of normative reasons, understood as considerations
that count in favor or against actions: the notion is used when answering various
kinds of normative and metanormative questions and when analyzing other normative notions. The interaction between normative reasons is often made sense of by
analogy with weight scales. This paper, by contrast, construes it as a type of inference pattern—titular reason-based detachment—and analyzes it from first principles.
While very abstract and exploratory, the approach offers a novel perspective on the
(philosophical) idea of weighing normative reasons, and promises to let us relate it to
the broader concerns of nonmonotonic logic and related disciplines.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
KNOKS, Aleks ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Philosophy
VAN DER TORRE, Leon ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Computer Science (DCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Reason-based detachment
Publication date :
08 September 2023
Event name :
Logics for New-Generation Artificial Intelligence (LNGAI2023)
Event place :
Hangzhou, China
Event date :
September 8--9
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Joint Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Logics for New-Generation Artificial Intelligence and the International Workshop on Logic, AI, and Law
