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Reason and Inquiry: The Erotetic Theory presents a unified theory of the human capacity for reasoning and decision-making. The book's central idea is that our minds naturally aim at resolving issues, and if we are sufficiently inquisitive in the process, we can avoid mistakes.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Core reasoning and erotetic equilibrium
- 3: Conditionals and information source selection
- 4: Philipp Koralus, Vincent Wang, Sean Moss, and Beau Mount: Predicate reasoning
- 5: Philipp Koralus and Sean Moss: Reasoning with uncertainty
- 6: Philipp Koralus and Sean Moss: Decision and practical reasoning
- Appendix A: Formulas and Definitions
- Appendix B: Meta-theory
- References
About the author
Philipp Koralus is Fulford Clarendon Associate Professor in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St. Catherine's College. He has previously held Fellowships at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Notre Dame.
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Reason and Inquiry: The Erotetic Theory presents a unified theory of the human capacity for reasoning and decision-making. The book's central idea is that our minds naturally aim at resolving issues, and if we are sufficiently inquisitive in the process, we can avoid mistakes.
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It is easy for researchers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to get excited with our technical achievements and lose track of the big questions: what is intelligence, and how does it work? This thought provoking and wide-ranging book prompts us to look again at our field: to revisit the most basic questions surrounding our endeavour, and, perhaps most importantly, to consider new directions for the future.
