“The deep paradox uncovered by AI research: the only way to deal efficiently with very complex problems is to move away from pure logic.... Most of the time, reaching the right decision requires little reasoning.... Expert systems are, thus, not about reasoning: they are about knowing.... Reasoning takes time, so we try to do it as seldom as possible. Instead we store the results of our reasoning for later reference.” WayTryingLittlesProblemMovingDecisionResultsDealsKnowingPureResearchLogicComplexesStoresExpertsReasoningReachingParadoxArtificial IntelligenceTake TimeRight DecisionComplex Problems Author:Daniel Crevier
“It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic.” PeopleThinkingBelieveKindFactsAnswersDealsArgumentLogicBotherMotiveReasoningDisagree Author:Thomas Sowell
“It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate 'particulars,' for such rows do not exist.” Has BeensArtPoetryDealsMistakeLogicAimPhilosopherAbstractConcreteAestheticsMisconception Book:The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition Source: The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition
“Comedy is an intellectual affair, and deals chiefly with logic. Tragedy is an emotional affair, and deals chiefly with value. Horace Walpole once said that "life is a comedy to the man who thinks and a tragedy to the man who feels." Comedy is negative; it is a criticism of limitations and an unwillingness to accept them. Tragedy is positive; it is an uncritical acceptance of the positive content of that which is delimited. Since comedy deals with the limitations of actual situations and tragedy with their positive content, comedy must ridicule and tragedy must endorse.” ThinkingMenFeelsSaidLife IsValuesDealsSituationAcceptingComedyAcceptanceEmotionalHe ManIntellectualNegativeCriticismLogicTragedyAffairLimitationRidicule Author:James Kern Feibleman
“It is unwise to equate scientific activity with what we call reason, poetic activity with what we call imagination. Without the imaginative leap from facts to generalisation, no theoretic discovery in science is made. The poet, on the other hand, must not imagine but reason--that is to say, he must exercise a great deal of consciously directed thought in the selection and rejection of his data: there is a technical logic, a poetic reasoning in his choice of the words, rhythms and images by which a poem's coherence is achieved.” MadeReasonFactsHandsSciencePoetryChoicesImaginationDealsImaginePoetExerciseActivityDiscoveryLogicRhythmDataRejectionReasoningPoeticLeapSelectionImaginativeUnwiseCoherenceDiscovery In ScienceGeneralisation Author:Cecil Day-Lewis