Pollock on Practical Reasoning
The epistemologist John Pollock has implemented computationally an architecture for a rational agent which he calls OSCAR. OSCAR models both practical and theoretical (or epistemic) reasoning. I argue that Pollock's model of practical reasoning, which has seven components, is superior not only...
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| description | The epistemologist John Pollock has implemented computationally an architecture for a rational agent which he calls OSCAR. OSCAR models both practical and theoretical (or epistemic) reasoning. I argue that Pollock's model of practical reasoning,
which has seven components, is superior not only to the two-component belief-desire model stemming from Aristotle, but also to the three-component belief-desire-intention model developed especially by Michael Bratman. Despite its advantages, Pollock's model of practical reasoning is incomplete
in at least three respects: it is solipsistic, it is egoistic and it is unsocial. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bac10fafd38e435488b6648cd84195d82022-12-21T23:56:31ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X2001-01-0122310.22329/il.v22i3.2591Pollock on Practical ReasoningDavid HitchcockThe epistemologist John Pollock has implemented computationally an architecture for a rational agent which he calls OSCAR. OSCAR models both practical and theoretical (or epistemic) reasoning. I argue that Pollock's model of practical reasoning, which has seven components, is superior not only to the two-component belief-desire model stemming from Aristotle, but also to the three-component belief-desire-intention model developed especially by Michael Bratman. Despite its advantages, Pollock's model of practical reasoning is incomplete in at least three respects: it is solipsistic, it is egoistic and it is unsocial.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2591reasoningpractical reasoningJohn L. Pollockdesiresbeliefsintentions |
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