What, Why & How do we Know ?
List of Semantics References by Greg SandersFrom a 1993 Usenet correspondence from Greg Sanders, recently brought to the top of comp.ai.nat-langQuote … the following (alphabetically by author) are some of the booksI have come across that I regard as interesting (omitting material on Montague semantics). I make no claims that this covers the field. I … Continue reading “Semantics References”
Willard Van Orman Quine – Word and Object (1960)Reading Quine’s work, from the Peirce, Carnap, Davidson school of linguistic modelling of what we can know about the world. Interesting because the book is written entirely from a linguistic perspective – components of language learning and usage, and translation between languages – in no way aimed … Continue reading “Quine’s Word and Object”
Resurgence of AI in WWW – Story from McKinseys via CNet NewsLink from Danny Ayers Blog(Note : Danny is one of the authors in WROX XML Meta-Data Text, along with Pepper, Moore, Rivers-Moore, Wrightson et al – it’s a small world in the XML / XTM / RDF / SemanticWeb / Knowledge practicioners field.)
Searle vs Pinker correspondence at New York ReviewGood reference list too.Debated on comp.ai.philosophyOh no I didn’t. Oh yes you did. Pity to see another binary argument. Can’t get logged on to enter the debate, however the disagreement is 80% about representation of each others thoughts, not about the actual philosophy being debated. Both agree 100% … Continue reading “Searle vs Pinker”
Three more good links from Jorn at RobotWisdom J.K.Galbraith Interview Take on Enron / WorldCom from CommonDreams Newscentre The TAO of Topic MapsBy Steve Pepper, who acknowledges contributions from Graham Moore, with whom he co-edited XTM. (See ealier notes on Graham / Empolis and SWAP) HumanML Taxonomy from OASISHopeless quest for ontology of human emotions … Continue reading “HumanML Taxonomy Quest”
The Mechanisation of the Mind – On the Origins of Cognitive Science. by Jean-Pierre Dupuy, translated by Malcolm DeBevoise (Princeton University Press, New French Thought series ISBN 0-691-02574-6) Original reference provided by Jorn the original blogger. Earlier partial review here, with some updated highlights as follow: Dupuy’s main theme is the disappointment that Cybernetics and subsequently Cognitive Science failed … Continue reading “Dupuy Completion”
Finished Dupuy – review to follow.
E-Mail Working Again Since yesteday evening UK time. Some holding thoughts … Binary vs three-layer world. Mind & Matter debates. Mind – Conscious & sub-conscious thinking and behaviours, as well as non-thinking reflex stimulus / response behaviour. Every time I see a binary argument, I suspect a three layer problem – net result is that … Continue reading “Brain Dump – 2 v 3 layer / dualism / heuristics / less-is-more”