SSP Group Meeting
Wednesday, Aug 2nd, 11am-12pm
Division of Informatics, 80 South Bridge, Room F13
An Investigation into Philosophical Dialectic
Alison Pease
Abstract: I shall be giving a description of the debating system I am
currently working on. This will include:
- Motivations behind the system
- A brief history of the field of argumentation including particular
emphasis on Haggith's work
- How these and other considerations have influenced my design
- Ways of representing beliefs in the knowledge base
- A report of progress so far
- Future work
The following references may be of interest:
- Mandy Haggith's thesis:
Haggith, Mandy. A meta-level argumentation framework for representing
and reasoning about disagreement. Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Edinburgh, 1996.
Location: Artificial Intelligence Lib. (South Bridge)
Shelfmark: General reports: Hag.
- A paper descibing the basis of Mandy Haggith's thesis:
Haggith, Mandy. A meta-level framework for exploring conflicts in
multiple knowledge bases. DAI research paper no. 755
Location: Artificial Intelligence Lib. (Forrest Hill)
Shelfmark: Reports Edinburgh Univ. DAI