Why We Shouldn’t Reason Classically, and the Implications for Artificial Intelligence

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Springer International Publishing
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2016
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Campbell, Douglas
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In this chapter I argue that human beings should reason, not in accordance with classical logic, but in accordance with a weaker ‘reticent logic’. I characterize reticent logic, and then show that arguments for the existence of fundamental Gödelian limitations on artificial intelligence are undermined by the idea that we should reason reticently, not classically.

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Campbell D (2016). Why We Shouldn’t Reason Classically, and the Implications for Artificial Intelligence. In Synthese Library.: 151-165. Springer International Publishing.
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Fields of Research::50 - Philosophy and religious studies::5003 - Philosophy
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