Rigid Flexibility, 2006
The Logic of Intelligence
Applied Logic Series, Vol. 34

Language: English

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Rigid flexibility: the logic of intelligence (Applied logic series, Vol. 34)
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402 p. · 21x29.7 cm · Hardback

This book is the most comprehensive description of the decades-long Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System (NARS) project, including its philosophical foundation, methodological consideration, conceptual design details, implications in the related fields, and its similarities and differences to many related works in cognitive science. While most current works in Artificial Intelligence (AI) focus on individual aspects of intelligence and cognition, NARS is designed and developed to attack the AI problem as a whole.

Theoretical Foundation.- The Goal of Artificial Intelligence.- A New Approach Toward AI.- Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System.- The Core Logic.- First-Order Inference.- Higher-Order Inference.- Inference Control.- Comparison and Discussion.- Semantics.- Uncertainty.- Inference Rules.- NAL as a Logic.- Categorization and Learning.- Control and Computation.- Conclusions.- Current Results.- NARS in the Future.
One of a small number of books that try to give a constructive explanation of intelligence/cognition/thinking as a whole A novel and original approach that challenges all dominating theories Theoretical discussions combined with design details Unified solutions to many traditional problems in several fields (artificial intelligence, logic, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, …)