%0 Journal Article %1 Bochman1999 %A Bochman, A. %D 1999 %J Kluwer %K kiwi %P 27 %T Contraction of epistemic states: a general theory %X A notion of an epistemic state is introduced as a generalization of common representations suggested for belief change. We define a general contraction operation on epistemic states and give a complete description of belief contraction functions generated by such operations. We describe also the difference between coherentist and foundationalist approaches in this setting and compare their `representation capabilities'.

@article{Bochman1999, abstract = {A notion of an epistemic state is introduced as a generalization of common representations suggested for belief change. We define a general contraction operation on epistemic states and give a complete description of belief contraction functions generated by such operations. We describe also the difference between coherentist and foundationalist approaches in this setting and compare their `representation capabilities'.}, added-at = {2008-11-14T13:33:38.000+0100}, author = {Bochman, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25d045301e5bd192ed051cd67ad51fb86/fraktalek}, citeulike-article-id = {3508740}, interhash = {df823f32f9818c7861afb268bfb1c61f}, intrahash = {5d045301e5bd192ed051cd67ad51fb86}, journal = {Kluwer}, keywords = {kiwi}, pages = 27, posted-at = {2008-11-13 14:13:53}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2008-11-14T13:33:40.000+0100}, title = {Contraction of epistemic states: a general theory}, year = 1999 }