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Assumption-Based Argumentation for Epistemic and Practical Reasoning

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Computable Models of the Law

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Assumption-based argumentation can serve as an effective computational tool for argumentation-based epistemic and practical reasoning, as required in a number of applications. In this paper we substantiate this claim by presenting formal mappings from frameworks for epistemic and practical reasoning onto assumption-based argumentation frameworks. We also correlate these mappings to formulations of epistemic and practical reasoning in abstract argumentation terms.

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  1. Department of Computing, Imperial College London,  

    Francesca Toni

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  1. Institute of Law and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    Pompeu Casanovas  & Núria Casellas  & 

  2. Badia Fiesolana, European University Institute, Via dei Roccettini 9, 50016, San Domenico di Fiesole, Florence, Italy

    Giovanni Sartor

  3. CIRSFID, Università di Bologna, Via Galliera 3, 40121, Bologna, Italy

    Rossella Rubino

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Toni, F. (2008). Assumption-Based Argumentation for Epistemic and Practical Reasoning. In: Casanovas, P., Sartor, G., Casellas, N., Rubino, R. (eds) Computable Models of the Law. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4884. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85569-9_12

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