Real Rules of Inference

Abstract

Israel's remarks about non-monotonic logic are used as a springboard for studying some thoughts on defeasible reasoning among contemporary philosophers of science: thoughts that A.I. workers have so far neglected. Israel's criticisms, that A.I. has misconceived rules of belief fixation and revision, and his constructive comment, that we should look to the philosophers of science for understanding and inspiration, are the two central themes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA250542

Entities

People

  • Ronald P. Loui

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Decision Theory
  • Formal Languages
  • Inference Engines
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Language
  • Mathematical Logic
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML