Carlos E. Alchourrón. Breve biografía intelectual

This paper is a short intellectual biography of Professor Carlos E. Alchourrón. I analyze his main contributions in three fields: 1) the logic of normative systems, 2) the logic of theory change, and 3) the logic of defeasible conditionals. I review the historical development of his thought on thes...

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Main Author: Gladys Palau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2019-01-01
Series:Crítica
Online Access:https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/1031
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Summary:This paper is a short intellectual biography of Professor Carlos E. Alchourrón. I analyze his main contributions in three fields: 1) the logic of normative systems, 2) the logic of theory change, and 3) the logic of defeasible conditionals. I review the historical development of his thought on these three subjects. Furthermore, I show how the problems that arise in the field of normative logic stimulated him to find solutions in the AGM theory and in defeasible logic. Lastly, I show how in his last papers these three fields converge in a general englobing approach.
ISSN:0011-1503
1870-4905