jpmuscle
03-15-13, 01:40
Something interesting intellectual fluff to chew on, atleast I think anyway lol. If you like philosophy and computer programming it may interest you.
The Frame Problem
First published Mon Feb 23, 2004; substantive revision Sun Nov 22, 2009
To most AI researchers, the frame problem is the challenge of representing the effects of action in logic without having to represent explicitly a large number of intuitively obvious non-effects. But to many philosophers, the AI researchers' frame problem is suggestive of wider epistemological issues. Is it possible, in principle, to limit the scope of the reasoning required to derive the consequences of an action? And, more generally, how do we account for our apparent ability to make decisions on the basis only of what is relevant to an ongoing situation without having explicitly to consider all that is not relevant?
1. Introduction
2. The Frame Problem in Logic
3. The Epistemological Frame Problem
4. The Metaphysics of Common Sense Inertia
5. The Frame Problem Today
Bibliography
Other Internet Resources
Related Entries
1. Introduction
The frame problem originated as a narrowly defined technical problem in logic-based artificial intelligence (AI). But it was taken up in an embellished and modified form by philosophers of mind, and given a wider interpretation. The tension between its origin in the laboratories of AI researchers and its treatment at the hands of philosophers engendered an interesting and sometimes heated debate in the 1980s and 1990s. But since the narrow, technical problem is largely solved, recent discussion has tended to focus less on matters of interpretation and more on the implications of the wider frame problem for cognitive science. To gain an understanding of the issues, this article will begin with a look at the frame problem in its technical guise. Some of the ways in which philosophers have re-interpreted the problem will then be examined. The article will conclude with an assessment of the significance of the frame problem today.
Continue reading here. (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frame-problem/)
The Frame Problem
First published Mon Feb 23, 2004; substantive revision Sun Nov 22, 2009
To most AI researchers, the frame problem is the challenge of representing the effects of action in logic without having to represent explicitly a large number of intuitively obvious non-effects. But to many philosophers, the AI researchers' frame problem is suggestive of wider epistemological issues. Is it possible, in principle, to limit the scope of the reasoning required to derive the consequences of an action? And, more generally, how do we account for our apparent ability to make decisions on the basis only of what is relevant to an ongoing situation without having explicitly to consider all that is not relevant?
1. Introduction
2. The Frame Problem in Logic
3. The Epistemological Frame Problem
4. The Metaphysics of Common Sense Inertia
5. The Frame Problem Today
Bibliography
Other Internet Resources
Related Entries
1. Introduction
The frame problem originated as a narrowly defined technical problem in logic-based artificial intelligence (AI). But it was taken up in an embellished and modified form by philosophers of mind, and given a wider interpretation. The tension between its origin in the laboratories of AI researchers and its treatment at the hands of philosophers engendered an interesting and sometimes heated debate in the 1980s and 1990s. But since the narrow, technical problem is largely solved, recent discussion has tended to focus less on matters of interpretation and more on the implications of the wider frame problem for cognitive science. To gain an understanding of the issues, this article will begin with a look at the frame problem in its technical guise. Some of the ways in which philosophers have re-interpreted the problem will then be examined. The article will conclude with an assessment of the significance of the frame problem today.
Continue reading here. (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frame-problem/)