The Workshop on Computational Dialectics

The 1994 Workshop on Computational Dialectics was held during the 1994 National Conference on AI. At issue were the following ideas: (1) dialectic has something to do with computation, (2) AI has something new to contribute to the understanding of dialectic, and (3) dialectic approaches to longstanding AI problems permit new progress. This article outlines the significant research presented at the conference. It is to his credit that the idea has earned a further hearing in a German workshop that he is currently organizing with colleagues on the continent. For the workshop in Seattle, Washington, at AAAI-94, our committee included Johanna Moore (Pitt) and Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University).