1st Edition
Explanation Patterns Understanding Mechanically and Creatively
By R. P. Schank
Copyright 1986
264 Pages
by
Psychology Press
256 Pages
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Psychology Press
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First Published in 1986. In the age of the computer, conjecture about things mechanical has naturally led to the question of whether machines can think. As the emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown rapidly, questions about machine intelligence have begun to have a certain urgency. The question we are concerned with in this book is: If we can find a set of processes that machines can... Read more
Chapter 1 The Explanation Game; Chapter 2 What Needs To Be Explained; Chapter 3 Explanation Goals; Chapter 4 The Process of Explanation: Explanation Questions; Chapter 5 The Process of Explanation: Explanation Patterns; Chapter 6 Creativity Through the Misapplication of Explanation Patterns; Chapter 7 Question-Driven Understanding; Chapter 8 Some Final Questions;
Biography
Roger C. Schank Yale University
