Reasoning Processes in Humans and Computers
Theory and Research in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence
Published on 28. February 2003
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-275-97525-8 (ISBN)
Description
Advancing research in artificial intelligence is creating reasoning systems that increasingly emulate or surpass the power of human reasoning. This volume presents a critical analysis of current theory and research in psychological and computational sciences addressing reasoning processes. Distinguished from narrowly technical books on the one hand, and from general philosophical books on the other, this work gives a broad, structured, detailed, and critical account of advancing intellectual developments in theories on the nature of reasoning. Of special interest is the conclusion that artificial intelligence reasoning systems are deepening and broadening theories of human reasoning.
A unified theory of intelligent reasoning encompassing natural and computational systems is an important current objective of cognitive science. Reasoning systems such as the CHARADE program, which simulates the course of inductive reasoning leading to medical discoveries, and the CONSYDERR program, which executes the robust theory of common sense reasoning, are important demonstrations of the feasibility of a unified theory of human and artificial intelligence.
A unified theory of intelligent reasoning encompassing natural and computational systems is an important current objective of cognitive science. Reasoning systems such as the CHARADE program, which simulates the course of inductive reasoning leading to medical discoveries, and the CONSYDERR program, which executes the robust theory of common sense reasoning, are important demonstrations of the feasibility of a unified theory of human and artificial intelligence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-97525-8 (9780275975258)
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MORTON WAGMAN is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of 19 books, including Problem Solving Processes in Humans and Computers (Praeger, 2001) and Historical Dictionary of Quotations in Cognitive Science (Greenwood, 2000).
Content
Preface Human Reasoning and Reasoning Systems Plausible Reasoning Abstract Rules and Reasoning Causal Reasoning Logical Reasoning and Belief-Bias Effects Inductive Reasoning Bayesian Reasoning Syllogistic Reasoning Commonsense Reasoning Temporal Reasoning Similarity-Based Reasoning Appendix A: The n Factor Problem Appendix B: Adaptation Knowledge Appendix C: Plant Control Models Bibliography Author Index Subject Index