monotonicity and non-monotonicity are properties of Languages or Logic Classes
Monotonic Logic or Admissible Logic
- a property of a formal logic language where the addition of any axioms to an existing theory T does not result in removal from the set of consequences of T
- set of theorems of the system does not change when that rule is added to the existing rules of the system
- requires all entailed sentences to remain entailed after new sentences are added to the KB. That is if KB |= α then KB ∧ β |= α
- i.e. for all sets of sentences A and B: if (A ⊨ α) then (A,B ⊨ α) where α is a sentence
Non-Monotonic Logic or Defeasible Logic
- a formal logic that is not monotonic/admissible
- similar to: defeasible reasoning