If the Principle of Indifference tells us what probabilities to assign given no backgroundknowledge, what is the corresponding principle…
The branch of mathematics known as probability theory provides one way of makinginferences regarding uncertain propositions. But it is…
In accordance with the philosophy outlined in Chapter 5, I define perception as patternrecognition. Pattern recognition is, of course,…
When deduction is formulated in the abstract, in terms of assumptions and transformation, it isimmediately apparent that deductive reasoning…
Contemporary mathematical logic is not the only conceivable deductive system. In fact, Isuggest that any deductive system which relies…
Let S be any set, and let I={I1, I2, ..., In} be a subset of S, called the set…
In mathematical logic, deduction is analyzed as a thing in itself, as an entity entirelyindependent from other mental processes.…
In Section 7.2 I explained the structurally associative memory by analogy to Quilliannetworks. But, as hinted there, the Quillian…
Let us now return to the problem of how a STRAM is to maintain its approximate network-of-emergence structure. One…
It is rather difficult to study the structure of human long-term memory, since we cannot lookinto a person's brain…