- Hardcover: 332 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (21 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521194822
- ISBN-13: 978-0521194822
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,343,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Advance praise: '[This book] is a superb introduction both to AI from within a computational logic framework and to its application to human rationality and reasoning. Nothing else comes close. Kowalski writes with philosophical insight and just the right level of technical expertise. He puts the excitement back in AI. This sets [this book] apart from the technically overwhelming, and all too often largely unintuitive and uninspiring, encyclopedic introductions that currently dominate the field.' Thomas A. Blackson, Arizona State University --Thomas A. Blackson, Arizona State University
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'[This book] is a superb introduction both to AI from within a computational logic framework and to its application to human rationality and reasoning. Nothing else comes close. Kowalski writes with philosophical insight and just the right level of technical expertise. He puts the excitement back in AI. This sets [this book] apart from the technically overwhelming, and all too often largely unintuitive and uninspiring, encyclopedic introductions that currently dominate the field.' Thomas A. Blackson, Arizona State University
'Artificial Intelligence (or AI) tries to program computers so that they can think intelligently like humans. In this book, one of the pioneers of AI suggests something new and original, namely to use the results of AI to improve human thinking … Anyone who wants to reason better and more effectively in everyday life should study Robert Kowalski's book.' Donald Gillies, University College London
'Artificial Intelligence (or AI) tries to program computers so that they can think intelligently like humans. In this book, one of the pioneers of AI suggests something new and original, namely to use the results of AI to improve human thinking … Anyone who wants to reason better and more effectively in everyday life should study Robert Kowalski's book.' Donald Gillies, University College London
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Robert Kowalski is a 40 year veteran in the fields of logic, language, & learning. This book is an account of what went on in all those years disguised as a lay introduction to the main concepts of Artificial Intelligence. It is an exposition of the knowledge he has acquired, and summary of the subjects involved for those already somewhat well versed - it is a treasure chest of direction and resources in AI. Anyone even vaguely interested in AI can greatly gain from the book, the degree of the gain dependent on one's interest and on tenancy in reading the references he makes to the greater work in the field. The book is suitable as a reference for, and cornerstone in, the construction of elementary courses in critical thinking and reasoning.
As a 30 year veteran, I have never seen anything quite like it before and congratulate Dr. Kowalski on a job well done.
As a 30 year veteran, I have never seen anything quite like it before and congratulate Dr. Kowalski on a job well done.
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