Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning

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.

Cite

Text

McBurney and Parsons. "Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning." Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 2000.

Markdown

[McBurney and Parsons. "Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning." Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 2000.](https://mlanthology.org/uai/2000/mcburney2000uai-risk/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{mcburney2000uai-risk,
  title     = {{Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning}},
  author    = {McBurney, Peter and Parsons, Simon},
  booktitle = {Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {2000},
  pages     = {371-379},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/uai/2000/mcburney2000uai-risk/}
}