defeasible
defeasible
Definition
de·fea·sible (dē fē′zə bəl, di-)
defeasible
Law Definition
adj
Description of a right or
interest that is capable of being terminated, or which will terminate upon
occurrence of a condition subsequent.
defeasible
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- reasoning: From the perspective that uses defeasible reasoning to define belief revision, there is no good reason to accept Preservation.
- inference: Both represent cognitive states by means of directed graphs, with links representing defeasible inferences.
- consequence: However, a logical theory of defeasible consequence would have a wider scope of application than a merely epistemological theory of inference.
- conclusion: We assume that these defeasible conclusions are built into whatever inferential mechanism implements the non-monotonic relation.
- rule: A promising semantic theory for the generic is to represent generic predication by means of a defeasible rule or conditional.
- logic: Thus, defeasible logic extends far beyond the boundaries of the theory of epistemic justification.
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