Dynamic Formal Epistemology

This volume is a collation of original contributions from the key actors of a new trend in the contemporary theory of knowledge and belief, that we call “dynamic epistemology”. It brings the works of these researchers under a single umbrella by highlighti

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STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Editors-in-Chief: VINCENT F. HENDRICKS, University of Copenhagen, Denmark JOHN SYMONS, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S.A.

Honorary Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, U.S.A.

Editors: DIRK VAN DALEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands TEDDY SEIDENFELD, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. ´ JAN WOLENSKI, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

VOLUME 351 For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6607

Dynamic Formal Epistemology

Edited by

Patrick Girard University of Auckland, New Zealand

Olivier Roy University of Groningen, The Netherlands and

Mathieu Marion Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

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Editors Prof. Patrick Girard Department of Philosophy University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 1142 Auckland New Zealand [email protected]

Dr. Olivier Roy University of Groningen Faculty of Philosophy Oude Boteringestraat 52 9712 GL Groningen Netherlands [email protected]

Mathieu Marion Département de Philosophie Université du Québec à Montréal C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal, Québec Canada H3C 3P8 [email protected]

ISBN 978-94-007-0073-4 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0074-1 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0074-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011  No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgements

This volume is born out of the workshop Dynamic Logic Montreal, held in Montreal in June 2007. As both the editors of this volume and organizers of the workshop, we would like to thank all the participants, attendees, local staff and students, who made this event such a success. The conference had been made possible by a grant from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, which we gratefully acknowledge. We would like to thank the authors in this volume for their contribution and also for their patience during the lengthy process that led to this publication. We are also grateful to the referees for careful reading and constructive suggestions on each chapter and on the book as a whole. Finally, we would like to thank Neil Newton, Imogene Paterson, Kym Pram and Vincent Motard-Côté, who helped with the production of this volume, as well as the editors and production team at Synthese Library. The editing work has been supported by the University of Auckland’s Faculty Research Development Fund. July 2010

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