{"product_id":"cognitive-carpentry-a-blueprint-for-how-to-build-a-person-paperback","title":"Cognitive Carpentry: A Blueprint for How to Build a Person - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn L. Pollock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sequel to Pollock's \u003ci\u003eHow to Build a Person\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 cognition, and defeasible reasoning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his groundbreaking new book, John Pollock establishes an outpost at the crossroads where artificial intelligence meets philosophy. Specifically, he proposes a general theory of rationality and then describes its implementation in OSCAR, an architecture for an autonomous rational agent he claims is the first AI system capable of performing reasoning that philosophers would regard as epistemically sophisticated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sequel to Pollock's \u003ci\u003eHow to Build a Person\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 cognition, and defeasible reasoning. One of the results is the world's first automated defeasible reasoner capable of reasoning in a rich, logical environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderlying Pollock's thesis is a conviction that the tenets of artifical intelligence and those of philosophy can be complementary and mutually beneficial. And, while members of both camps have in recent years grown skeptical of the very possibility of \"symbol processing\" AI, \u003ci\u003e Cognitive Carpentry\u003c\/i\u003e establishes that such an approach to AI can be successful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Bradford Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Pollock is Regents Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783211286816,"sku":"9780262515740","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8d6c566830c48506ec14b322db8d2faa.webp?v=1780583066","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cognitive-carpentry-a-blueprint-for-how-to-build-a-person-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}