# When is an Example a Counterexample?

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.6432 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1310.6432/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 23 Oct 2013.

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

- [Strengthening Consistency Results in Modal Logic](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.05053/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this extended abstract, we carefully examine a purported counterexample to a postulate of iterated belief revision. We suggest that the example is better seen as a failure to apply the theory of belief revision in sufficient detail. The main contribution is conceptual aiming at the literature on the philosophical foundations of the AGM theory of belief revision [1]. Our discussion is centered around the observation that it is often unclear whether a specific example is a "genuine" counterexample to an abstract theory or a misapplication of that theory to a concrete case.