# Comparative Uncertainty, Belief Functions and Accepted Beliefs

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.7371 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1301.7371/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 30 Jan 2013.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Preferential Structures for Comparative Probabilistic Reasoning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.02287/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper relates comparative belief structures and a general view of belief management in the setting of deductively closed logical representations of accepted beliefs. We show that the range of compatibility between the classical deductive closure and uncertain reasoning covers precisely the nonmonotonic 'preferential' inference system of Kraus, Lehmann and Magidor and nothing else. In terms of uncertain reasoning any possibility or necessity measure gives birth to a structure of accepted beliefs. The classes of probability functions and of Shafer's belief functions which yield belief sets prove to be very special ones.