Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning

2013/01/16 by McBurney, Peter, Parsons, Simon
#Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #FOS: Computer and information sciences

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1301.3874

Abstract

We propose a formal framework for intelligent systems which can reason about scientific domains, in particular about the carcinogenicity of chemicals, and we study its properties. Our framework is grounded in a philosophy of scientific enquiry and discourse, and uses a model of dialectical argumentation. The formalism enables representation of scientific uncertainty and conflict in a manner suitable for qualitative reasoning about the domain.

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