On the Issue of Reinstatement in Argumentation

Dung’s theory of abstract argumentation frameworks [8] led to the formalization of various argument-based semantics, which are actually particular forms of dealing with the issue of reinstatement. In this paper, we re-examine the issue of semantics from the perspective of postulates. In particular, we ask ourselves the question of which (minimal) requirements have to be fulfilled by any principle for handling reinstatement, and how this relates to Dung’s standard semantics. Our purpose is to shed new light on the ongoing discussion on which semantics is most appropriate.