> I don't think that the example he gives of whole-versus-part dominance > transferring from the physical to the linguistic domain is very > representative. I think that there are going to be plenty of > linguistic phenomena that cannot be dealt with via any simple mapping > from heuristics relevant for understanding the physical world. > Nevertheless, I think these linguistic phenomena can be dealt with > using the same reasoning rules and inference control strategies as are > used for reasoning about physical phenomena.
Agree. There is linguistic-specific knowledge (which is learned), but no linguistic-specific inference rule (which is innate). The rules alone are not enough to produce human-level NLP performance, though should be sufficient to learn the needed knowledge (given proper experience, of course). Pei ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
