from Wikipedia: Liger
It is believed that this is because female lions transmit a growth-inhibiting gene to their descendants to balance the growth-promoting gene transmitted by male lions. (This gene is due to competitive mating strategies in lions.) A male lion needs to be large to successfully defend the pride from other roaming male lions and ( Read more... )

Kowalski, Toni (1996) - Abstract Argumentation
We outline an abstract approach to defeasible reasoning and argumentation which ( Read more... )

See http://www.optimizelife.com/wiki/index.php/My_Breathing#Causal_Processes

All the pieces finally fall into place:

Causal diagram of Chronic Rhinitis
Solid lines mean positive influence (+), i.e. more of the source tends to cause more of the ( Read more... )

Qualitative Reasoning seems to be about reasoning with abstract or vague knowledge (i.e. uncertainty). I think it's only needed because there would too many models (in the logic sense) for a probable worlds approach to be feasible (the same reason why non-monotonic reasoning might be necessary... I used to not like non-monotonic reasoning: you ( Read more... )