When is an Example a Counterexample?
This addresses conceptual clarity in the philosophical foundations of belief revision theory, but it is incremental as it critiques an existing example without introducing new methods or data.
The paper examines a purported counterexample to a postulate in iterated belief revision, arguing it is a misapplication of the theory rather than a genuine counterexample.
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.