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The paper discusses probabilistic belief change, in particular the type
of change occurring when information is added which is consistent with
the old beliefs. In the AGM theory of belief revision this type of belief
change is known as an expansion, and is usually considered to be easy
compared t...
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Recently the notions of information and information change have gained a
prominent place in several fields of scientific research, such as philosophy,
the formal semantics of natural language and computer science. The present
paper highlights two of such developments, namely the update semantic...
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In this paper the shortcomings of the treatment of propositional attitudes
in several branches of formal semantics will be discussed, shortly
indicated by the names of Stalnaker, Hintikka, Carnap, Cresswell, Von
Stechow, Asher, Barwise and Perry. One of the well-known shortcomings is
that the str...
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Reference and Representation
Paul Dekker
ILLC/Department of Philosophy
This paper motivates a unified treatment of anaphoric and demonstrative
pronouns in a dynamic epistemic predicate logic (EPL). Pronouns and
demonstratives are dealt with using model-theoretically construed partial
objects, wh...
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Dataoriented models of language processing embody the assumption that human
language perception and production works with representations of concrete past
language experiences, rather than with abstract grammar rules. Such models
therefore maintain large corpora of linguistic representations ...
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This report is the first of a planned sequence of annual updates of the book
"Exploring Logical Dynamics", CSLI Publications, Stanford, summer 1996.
It contains a number of further results obtained since its first publication.
Sections 1, 2, 3 concern various issues in modal logic, 4, 5, 6 dynami...
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On Denoting Descriptions
Paul Dekker
ILLC / UVA, Department of Philosophy
In this paper we apply the notion of information employed in
systems of dynamic semantics in an analysis of the referential
interpretation of definite descriptions, and the specific interpretation of
indefinite...