| Argumentation Machines: New Frontiers in Argument and Computation 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Reed, C. (Editor), Norman, T. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402018118 ISBN-13: 9781402018114 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: This book represents the first coherent published work in bringing together various branches of artificial intelligence with argumentation and rhetoric, and, as such, aims to play a key role in the establishment of a new field of scholarly research. The volume not only offers in-depth assessments of existing research, but also represents a substantial advance in the state of the art, and lays out a roadmap for future work in this newly emerging cross-disciplinary field. Audience: This book is of interest to academics, researchers, PhD and graduate students in philosophy of argument, logic, informal logic, critical thinking, rhetoric, artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, computational linguistics, natural language processing, law, cognitive science and the interdisciplinary areas between these fields. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics - Philosophy | Logic - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 006.3 |
| LCCN: 2003064118 |
| Series: Argumentation Library |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.24" W x 9.9" (1.25 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late 1990s, AI witnessed an increasing use of the term 'argumentation' within its bounds: in natural language processing, in user interface design, in logic programming and nonmonotonic reasoning, in Al's interface with the legal community, and in the newly emerging field of multi-agent systems. It seemed to me that many of these uses of argumentation were inspired by (of- ten inspired) guesswork, and that a great majority of the AI community were unaware that there was a maturing, rich field of research in Argumentation Theory (and Critical Thinking and Informal Logic) that had been steadily re- building a scholarly approach to the area over the previous twenty years or so. Argumentation Theory, on its side; was developing theories and approaches that many in the field felt could have a role more widely in research and soci- ety, but were for the most part unaware that AI was one of the best candidates for such application. |