Reasoning about coalitional agency and ability in the logics of "bringing-it-about"

被引:10
作者
Troquard, Nicolas [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Cognit Sci & Technol CNR, Lab Appl Ontol, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
关键词
Logic; Bringing-it-about; Coalitions; Agency; Ability; Complexity; ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE AGENCY; COMPLEXITY; MODEL;
D O I
10.1007/s10458-013-9229-x
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
The logics of "bringing-it-about" have been part of a prominent tradition for the formalization of individual and institutional agency. They are the logics to talk about what states of affairs an acting entity brings about while abstracting away from the means of action. Elgesem's proposal analyzes the agency of individual agents as the goal-directed manifestation of an individual ability. It has become an authoritative modern reference. The first contribution of this paper is to extend Elgesem's logic of individual agency and ability to coalitions. We present a general theory and later propose several possible specializations. As a second contribution, we offer algorithms to reason with the logics of bringing-it-about and we analyze their computational complexity.
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页码:381 / 407
页数:27
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