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references c-d
Topic:
frame problem
Topic:
rules
Topic:
models of reality
Topic:
reductionism
Topic:
problem solving
Topic:
people vs. computers
Topic:
discrete vs. continuous
Topic:
thought is computational
Topic:
natural language as communication
Topic:
task communication
Topic:
limitations of formalism
Topic:
knowledge as interrelated facts
Topic:
recognition
Topic:
meaning by language as a whole
Group:
relationship between brain and behavior
Topic:
reflex circle
Topic:
sense perception
Group:
systems
Topic:
words in natural languages
Topic:
philosophy of mind
Topic:
information as facts
Topic:
using a world model in robotics
Topic:
man-machine symbiosis

Reference

Dreyfus, H.L., What Computers Can't Do: The limits of artificial intelligence, New York, Harper & Row, 1972, 1979 revised edition. Google

Quotations
56 ;;Quote: metaphysical assumption: the background/context can have the same structured description as objects
57 ;;Quote: a human, rule-like behavior depends on current context
60 ;;Quote: knowledge of background context need not be represented; instead acquired incrementally
61 ;;Quote: personal world models are nonformal, like images or memories
62 ;;Quote: intelligence can not be separated from the rest of human life
68 ;;Quote: the goal of formalizing knowledge with syntactic manipulations has dominated Western thought since Galileo's time
68+;;Quote: Galileo found a formal description of physical motion that ignored secondary qualities and teleological considerations
69 ;;Quote: Leibniz developed a system for assigning a characteristic number to every object; so all concepts analyzed into a small number of undefined ideas
108 ;;Quote: 'stay near me' has many different meanings depending on its context
117 ;;Quote: no theory for first step in problem solving: distinguishing essential from inessential
118 ;;Quote: experts look at as many alternatives and moves ahead as a grandmaster
187 ;;Quote: understanding humans at physical level is continuous while phenomenologically have objects in an organized field of experience
187+;;Quote: though man is a law-driven physical object, behavior is not explainable systematically
199 ;;Quote: people often understand each other despite serious grammatical and semantic mistakes
200 ;;Quote: although syntax and semantic competence can be scientific, the understanding of language in specific situations runs into serious problems
205 ;;Quote: the ontological assumption is that the world can be exhaustively analyzed into atomic facts; underlies AI and philosophy
222 ;;Quote: recognition is knowing existence
224 ;;Quote: if there is no ultimate context to give significance to facts, fact and situation must be the same
233 ;;Quote: Heidegger, Wittgenstein and others argue against treating man as an object or device
236 ;;Quote: the work of the central nervous system may depend on the locomotive system; i.e., intelligence derived from locomotion
239 ;;Quote: the phoneme may be the consequence of perception instead of an intermediate form
245 ;;Quote: a gestalt is an organization of elements; like a rhythm
259 ;;Quote: problem solving requires restricting class of possibly, relevant facts and then choosing relevant ones
300 ;;Quote: the best world model is the real world; use sensors to determine it
301 ;;Quote: use machine to identify alternatives within a domain selected by user

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ThesaHelp: references c-d (337 items)
Topic: frame problem (13 items)
Topic: rules (43 items)
Topic: models of reality (33 items)
Topic: reductionism (51 items)
Topic: problem solving (32 items)
Topic: people vs. computers (55 items)
Topic: discrete vs. continuous (47 items)
Topic: thought is computational (60 items)
Topic: natural language as communication (34 items)
Topic: task communication (49 items)
Topic: limitations of formalism (93 items)
Topic: knowledge as interrelated facts (23 items)
Topic: recognition (50 items)
Topic: meaning by language as a whole (26 items)
Group: relationship between brain and behavior   (9 topics, 332 quotes)
Topic: reflex circle (20 items)
Topic: sense perception (55 items)
Group: systems   (17 topics, 530 quotes)
Topic: words in natural languages (40 items)
Topic: philosophy of mind (78 items)
Topic: information as facts (21 items)
Topic: using a world model in robotics (12 items)
Topic: man-machine symbiosis (46 items)

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