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Common Problems with Papers

Common Problems with Papers. Philosophy of AI Selmer Bringsjord selmer@rpi.edu www.rpi.edu/~brings. Failure to Follow Prescribed Structure. Structure is “My main thesis is that …” “Now here’s the argument for my thesis. First, it seems plausible that …” P1 P2 … P2 Therefore Q

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Common Problems with Papers

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  1. Common Problems with Papers Philosophy of AI Selmer Bringsjord selmer@rpi.edu www.rpi.edu/~brings

  2. Failure to Follow Prescribed Structure • Structure is • “My main thesis is that …” • “Now here’s the argument for my thesis. First, it seems plausible that …” • P1 P2 … P2 Therefore Q • “At this point someone might object as follows.” • “This objection fails because …”

  3. Did you read, and carefully use what you read? • Careful analysis and reaction to text essential. • For extreme case consider “A Refutation of Penrose’s Godelian Case Against AI” • No quotes? • The names of our authors misspelled

  4. These Papers vs. Proposal for Venture Capital

  5. Many Specific Content Problems Remarked Upon in Comments, e.g. • Many of you agreed that for each question Qi to Searle’s CR there is a convincing response Ri. Therefore you would need to consider the book • Q1  R1 • Q2  R2 • … • Qn  Rn

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