I do agree that it seems a bit forced at times; the thing that struck me about it is that it seems to be a efficient method of filtering confusing or seemingly contradictory ideas into a set of data that is relatively easy to parse and/or analyze. the 'debate' between Kant and a modern philosopher IMO is a good example of this
I'm not sure, but I think this process could be implemented in an algorithmic manner. A true AI would probably look at this (CIN) the way we do, as an idea to be evaluated and discussed, but CIN might be an easy way to add some abstract reasoning capability to something like a chatterbot J Standley http://users.rcn.com/standley/AI/AI.htm > A clarification: > > CS> I'm not quite getting their "generic space" and > CS> "blended space" concepts; it all seems a bit forced and > CS> overabstracted. > > In their monk-mountain and regatta-race examples I get the "mental > overlapping of the same space on two different occasions" point, where > drawing neat diagrams of blended spaces makes some sense; I just don't > get the generalization of this to other classes of problem, where it seems > forced. > > -- > Cliff > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]