J. van Brakel (1993) Unjustified Coherence.
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Psycoloquy 4(23): Unjustified Coherence.
UNJUSTIFIED COHERENCE.
Commentary on Fetzer on van Brakel on Ford & Hayes on the Frame Problem
J. van Brakel
Department of Philosophy
University of Utrecht
P.O. Box 80.126
3508 TC Utrecht (Netherlands)
brakel@phil.ruu.nl
Abstract
Fetzer's position exemplifies a case of unjustified
coherence. He straight-jackets all words and concepts in
decontextualised idiosyncratic definitions. This is of little
relevance for real-world problems such as the frame problem.
Keywords
Frame-problem, artificial intelligence, temporal logics,
independent persistence, attention, Hume, dynamic frames,
qualification problem.
References
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- Fetzer, J.H. (1993) Van Brakel's Position Appears to be Incoherent. PSYCOLOQUY 4 (14) frame-problem.4.
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