undercutting

An undercutting defeater (Pollock) — attacks the inferential link, removing the warrant's support without asserting the conclusion's negation (the premises no longer license the conclusion).

Structure

Types: gmeow:DefeaterKind

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:defeaterUndercutting as a controlled value typed as gmeow:DefeaterKind.

Example Snippets

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Belief Revision

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/inference/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



# --- The defeater (an undercutting one) ------------------------------------- #
ex:defeaterNeverQueued a gmeow:StandpointClaim ;
    rdfs:label "Defeater: the document was never queued"@en ;
    gmeow:vantage ex:operator ;
    gmeow:observedFeature ex:propNeverQueued ;
    gmeow:observationMethod gmeow:methodDirectObservation ;
    gmeow:claimModality gmeow:unequivocal ;
    gmeow:defeaterKind gmeow:defeaterUndercutting .  # removes the warrant, not asserts the negation

Reflection Revision

# --- The defeater the reflection surfaces (undercutting: removes the warrant,
#     does not assert the negation).
ex:defeaterFirewall a gmeow:StandpointClaim ;
    rdfs:label "Defeater: a firewall rule blocked the ping"@en ;
    gmeow:vantage ex:lillith ;
    gmeow:observedFeature ex:propFirewall ;
    gmeow:observationMethod gmeow:methodDirectObservation ;
    gmeow:claimModality gmeow:unequivocal ;
    gmeow:defeaterKind gmeow:defeaterUndercutting .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:DefeaterKind