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.