Abstract
The "Naive Physics Manifesto" of Pat Hayes (1978) proposes a large-scale project to develop a formal theory encompassing the entire knowledge of physics of naive reasoners, expressed in a declarative symbolic form. The theory is organized in clusters of closely interconnected concepts and axioms. More recent work on the representation of commonsense physical knowledge has followed a somewhat different methodology. The goal has been to develop a competence theory powerful enough to justify commonsense physical inferences, and the research is organized in micro-worlds, each microworld covering a small range of physical phenomena. In this article, I compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-79 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | AI Magazine |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - Dec 1998 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence