A Syntactic Approach to Introspection and Reasoning About the Beliefs of Other Agents¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Maida, Anthony S. | Wainer, Jacques | Cho, Sehyeong

Affiliations: Department of Computer Science, 333 Whitmore Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Note: [1] The authors acknowledge Eric Shade for helpful comments on the manuscript. Maida’s current address is: Center for Advanced Computer Studies, P.O. Box 44330, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 70508. Wainer’s current address is: Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.

Abstract: This paper explores the task of belief reasoning in light of the more basic cognitive principles of introspection and analogy-based reasoning. Using a syntactic framework, we show in detail how the ability to conduct belief reasoning can be reduced to principles of introspection and analogy-based reasoning.

DOI: 10.3233/FI-1991-153-409

Journal: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 15, no. 3-4, pp. 333-356, 1991