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␈↓ βHEPISTEMOLOGY, FORMAL REASONING AND AI
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_AI,␈α∩like␈α∩any␈α∩difficult␈α∩science,␈α⊃benefits␈α⊃from␈α⊃identifying␈α⊃subproblems␈α⊃that␈α⊃can␈α⊃be␈α⊃attacked
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hseparately␈α
and␈α
whose␈αrelation␈αto␈αthe␈αwhole␈αproblem␈αis␈αsufficiently␈αwell␈αdefined␈αthat␈αprogress␈αin␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hsubproblem␈αwill␈αbe␈αgenuinely␈αrelevant␈αto␈αthe␈αwhole␈αproblem.␈αSuch␈αis␈αthe␈α␈↓↓epistemological␈↓␈αpart␈αof␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HAI␈α∪problem,␈α∪namely␈α∪expressing␈α∪facts␈α∪about␈α∪the␈α∪world␈α∪in␈α∪formal␈α∪language␈α∪and␈α∩expressing␈α∩the
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hreasoning␈αwhereby␈αfacts␈αabout␈αhow␈α
to␈α
solve␈α
a␈α
problem␈α
follow␈α
from␈α
its␈α
description.␈α
The␈α
␈↓↓heuristic␈↓␈α
part
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hof␈α∞the␈α
problem␈α
is␈α
concerned␈α
with␈α
search␈α
and␈α
every␈α
heuristic␈α
program␈α
has␈α
an␈α
epistemological␈α
base,
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␈↓ ↓Husually␈α
naively␈α
chosen.
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HFor␈α∂epistemology,␈α∂first␈α∂order␈α∂logic␈α∞with␈α∞set␈α∞theory␈α∞and␈α∞fortified␈α∞with␈α∞reflection␈α∞principles␈α∞and␈α∞the
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hability␈α
to␈α
refer␈α
to␈α
the␈αresults␈αof␈αrunning␈αprograms␈αon␈αcomplex␈αdata␈αstructures␈αis␈αsuitable.␈αHowever,
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hthere␈αare␈αmany␈αways␈αof␈αusing␈αfirst␈αorder␈αlogic,␈αand␈αalmost␈αall␈αof␈αthem␈αare␈αwrong.␈αExamples␈αwill␈αbe
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hgiven.
␈↓ ↓H