Rationality and its Roles in Reasoning (1994)
| Venue: | Computational Intelligence |
| Citations: | 100 - 4 self |
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@ARTICLE{Doyle94rationalityand,
author = {Jon Doyle},
title = {Rationality and its Roles in Reasoning},
journal = {Computational Intelligence},
year = {1994},
volume = {8},
pages = {376--409}
}
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Abstract
The economic theory of rationality promises to equal mathematical logic in its importance for the mechanization of reasoning. We survey the growing literature on how the basic notions of probability, utility, and rational choice, coupled with practical limitations on information and resources, influence the design and analysis of reasoning and representation systems. 1 Introduction People make judgments of rationality all the time, usually in criticizing someone else's thoughts or deeds as irrational, or in defending their own as rational. Artificial intelligence researchers construct systems and theories to perform or describe rational thought and action, criticizing and defending these systems and theories in terms similar to but more formal than those of the man or woman on the street. Judgments of human rationality commonly involve several different conceptions of rationality, including a logical conception used to judge thoughts, and an economic one used to judge actions or...
