Case Study: Other Ways of Thinking
Case Study: Other Ways of Thinking
This chapter considers other ways of thinking, that is to say, other ways of using what is known. Section 11.1 reexamines back-chaining as the starting point for discussing the other ways of thinking. Sections 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4 discuss explanation, learning, and propositional reasoning, respectively. There is something of a paradox in using Prolog and back-chaining to look at new ways of thinking that go beyond back-chaining. And as the paradox is resolved, thinking itself will end up becoming the subject matter of the thinking. This reinterpretation will require a major conceptual shift, and this chapter is the most technically challenging one in the book.
Keywords: Prolog programming, back-chaining, thinking, learning, explanation, propositional reasoning
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