Evidence and justification

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Basic papers Further directions

Beliefs and knowledge are usually based on evidence from observations, reasoning, or yet other sources. Evidence can be modeled explicitly, and it brings its own dynamics of adding, removing, sifting and reconciling. The result is dynamic-epistemic logic of evidence and justification.

 

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Basic papers

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• Johan van Benthem, Eric Pacuit. Dynamic Logics of Evidence-Based Beliefs. Studia Logica, 99(1):61-92, 2011. Prepublication version available.
• Alexandru Baltag, Bryan Renne, Sonja Smets. The logic of justified belief, explicit knowledge, and conclusive evidence. Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 165(1):49-81, 2014.

 

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Further directions

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• Johan van Benthem, David Fernández-Duque, Eric Pacuit. Evidence and plausibility in neighborhood structures. Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 165(1):106-133, 2014.
• Chenwei Shi, Sonja Smets. Beliefs supported by Arguments. Forthcoming in the proceedings of the Chinese Conference on Logic and Argumentation (CLAR 2016), CEUR proceedings collection, 2016. Prepublication version available.
• Fenrong Liu, Emiliano Lorini. Reasons to Believe in a Social Environment. In Deontic Logic and Normative Systems (DEON 2016), 155-170, College Publications, 2016.
• See also the research line on Neighborhood models and topology.