@inbook{109, author = {Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem and Giovanni Casini and Tommie Meyer}, title = {A Non-Classical Logical Foundation for Naturalised Realism}, abstract = {In this paper, by suggesting a formal representation of science based on recent advances in logic-based Artificial Intelligence (AI), we show how three serious concerns around the realisation of traditional scientific realism (the theory/observation distinction, over-determination of theories by data, and theory revision) can be overcome such that traditional realism is given a new guise as ‘naturalised’. We contend that such issues can be dealt with (in the context of scientific realism) by developing a formal representation of science based on the application of the following tools from Knowledge Representation: the family of Description Logics, an enrichment of classical logics via defeasible statements, and an application of the preferential interpretation of the approach to Belief Revision.}, year = {2015}, journal = {Logica Yearbook 2014}, publisher = {Unknown}, }