Cognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a Person

by John L. Pollock

Book Overview

A sequel to Pollock's How to Build a Person, this volume builds upon that theoretical groundwork for the implementation of rationality through artificial intelligence. Pollock argues that progress in AI has stalled because of its creators' reliance upon unformulated intuitions about rationality. Instead, he bases the OSCAR architecture upon an explicit philosophical theory of rationality, encompassing principles of practical cognition, epistemic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515741
• ISBN13: 9780262515740
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher