Review of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Five Overviews

AI Magazine Volume 7 Number 1 (1986) ( AAAI) of the crucial terms involved in his analysis, such as "probability" Mauadne 4(4):7-14 falsity of his claims is often impossible to assess. Nute, Donald k. '(1980) Topics in conditional logic Dordrecht, Holland: conceptions upon which his view is based do indeed conform M. Ringle, (Ed.), Philosophical Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence traditional conceptions should not be taken for granted, Terry L. Rankin his observation that "Probability theory is today our primary At hens, Georgia such as "average" and "likely," and therefore it is the most natural language for describing those aspects of (heuristic) performance that we seek to improve" (p. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: On general theoretical grounds, I think, there are excellent Five Overviews. Busi-reasons to suppose that (a)-(f) are fundamental ness/Technology Books; 1984. Gevarter's work was published by the National that serious difficulties seem to confront the theoretical Bureau of Standards as a set of five volumes, and this book, framework he apparently endorses, where these difficulties published by Business/Technology Books, is Gevarter's are especially severe from an epistemological perspective.