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PHILOSOPHY AS ENGINEERING
Author(s) -
Stein Lynn Andrea
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
computational intelligence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.353
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1467-8640
pISSN - 0824-7935
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8640.1994.tb00157.x
Subject(s) - citation , artificial intelligence , computer science , library science
certainty or the infiniteregress of evidential support---in grounding and justifying his theories---he ultimately defersto the empirical: We need not worry about infinite regress because there is in practice alimit to how fine a distinction we can make. His elaborate philosophical framework forunderstanding and interpreting belief rests on its grounding in actual real-world experience.Kyburg appeals to Engineering on several fronts:ffl to stop the infinite regress of evidential...