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␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ βBSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬uApril 2, 1978




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Preston Cutler

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Robert C. Moore

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Robert␈αC.␈αMoore␈αis␈αcurrently␈α≡nishing␈αan␈αM.I.T.␈αPh.D␈αthesis␈αunder␈αthe␈αdirection␈αof␈αmyself
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α⊃Marvin␈α⊃Minsky.␈α⊃ My␈α⊃interest␈α⊃in␈α⊃his␈α⊃work␈α⊃stems␈α⊃from␈α⊃his␈α⊃Master's␈α⊃thesis␈α⊃which␈α⊃was␈α⊂an
␈↓ ↓H␈↓excellent␈αcritical␈αsurvey␈αof␈αsome␈αproblems␈αthat␈αhad␈αbeen␈αpapered␈αover␈αin␈αthe␈αthen␈αcurrent␈αM.I.T.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓approach␈αto␈αproblem␈αsolving␈αcomputer␈αprograms.␈α The␈αM.I.T.␈α people␈αobserved␈αthat␈αhis␈αproposed
␈↓ ↓H␈↓remedies␈αwere␈αcloser␈αto␈αmy␈αinterests␈αthan␈αto␈αthose␈αof␈αany␈αM.I.T.␈αfaculty␈αmember,␈αso␈αhe␈αundertook
␈↓ ↓H␈↓to ≡nish his thesis here at the Stanford Arti≡cial Intelligence Laboratory.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Moore␈α
is␈α
one␈α
of␈αthe␈α
few␈α
people␈α
with␈α
a␈αdetailed␈α
knowledge␈α
of␈α
both␈α
the␈αanalytic␈α
philosophical
␈↓ ↓H␈↓literature␈αand␈αthe␈αdetails␈αof␈αthe␈αAI␈αliterature␈αin␈αproblem␈αsolving␈αand␈αAI␈αlanguages.␈α His␈αthesis␈αis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓on␈αthe␈αtreatment␈αof␈α
knowledge␈αand␈αother␈αmodal␈αconcepts␈α
within␈αan␈αAI␈αframework.␈α
 His␈αinterests
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α∞abilities␈α∞make␈α∞him␈α∞an␈α∞excellent␈α∞member␈α
of␈α∞a␈α∞study␈α∞covering␈α∞both␈α∞philosophy␈α∞and␈α
arti≡cial
␈↓ ↓H␈↓intelligence.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓                        John McCarthy