On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:00:06 -0500, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Discussing Cox's work is on-topic for this list...
Okay, I'll get a copy and read it.
Let me tell you one research project that interests me re Cox and
subjective probability:
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Justifying Probability Theory as a Foundation for Cognition.
Cox's axioms and de Finetti's subjective probability approach, developed
in the first part of the last century, give mathematical arguments as to
why probability theory is the optimal way to reason under conditions of
uncertainty.
What are you quoting here, if I may ask? I'm surprised to see Cox
mentioned this way in the same sentence with de Finetti, because it's my
impression that Cox's views are similar to those of Jaynes, who was a
pretty sharp critic of de Finetti.
I was under the impression that Cox, like Jaynes, rejected the extreme
subjectivist views of de Finetti in favor of a more objective/logical
interpretation. But this is admittedly based only on my very scant
knowledge of Cox.
I don't know of any work explicitly addressing this sort of issue, do
you?
No, none that address Cox and AI directly, but I suspect one is
forthcoming perhaps from you. Yes? :)
The only work I know of that addresses both AI and probability theory is
one currently on my reading list by Professor Donald Gillies of King's
College, London (not to be confused with some Canadian character named
Donald B. Gillies, whose name comes up in a google search). Gillies earned
his Phd under your own favorite Lakatos, with a dissertation in
probability theory (I think) and wrote a book about AI and the scientific
method which I believe also deals with at least tangentially with
probability theory. Maybe you've already read it. It was published a while
ago and you probably stay on the leading of edge of AI.
Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Method (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Scientific-Method-Gillies/dp/0198751591/sr=8-2/qid=1170441700/ref=sr_1_2/103-6974055-7831844?ie=UTF8&s=books
I should mention here that although I am certified with Microsoft as a
C++ application developer, I clam no special knowledge of AI programming
techniques. I expect this may change soon, however.
-gts
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