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Context-Dependent Natural Deduction for Non-Monotonic Reasoning

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A logic is called monotonic if conclusions are preserved under extensions of the premise set, or to state it more formally, if the following so-called monotonicity property holds for it.

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Besnard, P., Tan, YH. (2001). Context-Dependent Natural Deduction for Non-Monotonic Reasoning. In: Meyer, JJ.C., Treur, J. (eds) Dynamics and Management of Reasoning Processes. Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1743-4_13

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