Nonmonotonic reasoning and causation (1990)
| Venue: | Cognitive Science |
| Citations: | 32 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Shoham90nonmonotonicreasoning,
author = {Yoav Shoham},
title = {Nonmonotonic reasoning and causation},
journal = {Cognitive Science},
year = {1990},
volume = {14},
pages = {213--252}
}
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Abstract
It is suggested that taking into account considerations that traditionally fall within the scope of computer science in general. and artificial intelligence in particular, sheds new light on the subject of causation. It is orgued that adopting causal nations can be viewed as filling a computational need: They allow reasoning with incomplete information, facilitate economical representations, and afford relatively efficient methods for reasoning about those representations. Specif-ically, it is proposed that causal reasoning is intimately bound to nonmonotonic reasoning. An account of causation is offered that relies upon this connection, and compares this proposal to previous accounts within philosophy and artificial intelligence. 1.
