The Foundations of Psychology: A Logico-Computational Inquiry into the Concept of Mind
Jon Doyle · The MIT Press eBooks · 1991
We compare certain trains of thought in philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence which lead to a remarkable convergence of ideas. Demands from philosophy that psychological theories have predictive power join with demands from artificial intelligence that machines adaptively maintain their own mental state to suggest a conception of minds as narrowly realized psychological theories. We use this conclusion both to clarify the domains of study and scientific aims of psychology and artificial intelligence, and to suggest some methodological principles for constructing intelligent machines.