Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning
arXiv:1301.3874
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.
Appears in Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI2000)