INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE ROLE OF INTUITION AND NONLOGICAL REASONING IN INTELLIGENCE

Abstract

This paper echoes, from a philosophical stand¬point, the claim of McCarthy and Hayes that Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence have important relations. Philosophical problems about the use of "intuition" in reasoning are related, via a concept of analogical represen¬tation. to problems in the simulation of perception, problem-solving and the generation of useful sets of possibilities in considering hew to act. The requirements for intelligent decision-making proposed by McCarthy and Hayes are criticised as too narrow, and more general requirements are suggested instead.