defeater kind

The Pollock kind of a defeating gmeow:StandpointClaimgmeow:defeaterRebutting (attacks the conclusion) or gmeow:defeaterUndercutting (attacks the inferential link). NOT functional: a single claim may defeat in more than one way.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:StandpointClaim -> gmeow:DefeaterKind

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:defeaterKind from gmeow:StandpointClaim to gmeow:DefeaterKind when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

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:StandpointClaim, gmeow:DefeaterKind