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This course is about the logic of knowledge bases, in two distinct but related senses. On the one hand, a knowledge base is a collection of sentences in a representation language that entails a certain picture of the world represented. On the other hand, having a knowledge base entails being in a certain state of knowledge where a number of other epistemic properties hold. One of the principal aims of this course is to develop a detailed account of the relationship between symbolic representations of knowledge and abstract states of knowledge. Students wishing to attend the course should be familiar with first-order predicate logic.
- Introduction
- The First-Order Language L
- The Knowledge Language KL
- Properties of KL
- Tell and Ask
- An Extended Example
- Knowledge Bases: Abstract & Concrete
- The Representation Theorem
- Only Knowing
- Connection to Autoepistemic Logic
- Knowing About
- Limited Belief
- Knowledge and Action
Course Dates
The lecture starts on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
| Day | Time | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | Tuesday | * | online (Moodle) |
| Thursday | * | online (Moodle) | |
| Tutorial | Wednesday | * | online (Moodle) |
| Q&A | TBA | TBA | Zoom |
* The lecture and tutorial will be recorded and available on Moodle on the given day.
Moodle Course Room
All materials and announcements relevant for this course are available in Moodle.