Memory, reason, and time: The step-logic approach. Elgot-Drapkin, J. J, Miller, M., & Perlis, D. In Cummins, R. & Pollock, J., editors, Philosophy and AI: Essays at the Interface, pages 79–103. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991.
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[first paragraph] Traditional theoretical treatments of reasoning do not, in our view, address reasoning per se at all. Rather they seek to characterize the end results of reasoning. We have four complaints with this. First, it is not clear that reasoning has clearly identifiable end results, but rather goes on and on as part of the active history of an individual reasoner. Second, reasoning is a process or activity, and this is simply ignored in traditional studies. Third, as a consequence, crucial issues of temporal and spatial resources are not taken into account. Fourth, if we are going to understand realizable in- telligent systems, we must look at what they actually do, that is, we must accept at least a certain amount of cognitive plausibility (whether human or computer).
@incollection{Elgot-Drapkin1991,
abstract = {[first paragraph] Traditional theoretical treatments of reasoning do not, in our view, address reasoning per se at all. Rather they seek to characterize the end results of reasoning. We have four complaints with this. First, it is not clear that reasoning has clearly identifiable end results, but rather goes on and on as part of the active history of an individual reasoner. Second, reasoning is a process or activity, and this is simply ignored in traditional studies. Third, as a consequence, crucial issues of temporal and spatial resources are not taken into account. Fourth, if we are going to understand realizable in- telligent systems, we must look at what they actually do, that is, we must accept at least a certain amount of cognitive plausibility (whether human or computer).},
address = {Cambridge, MA},
author = {Elgot-Drapkin, Jennifer J and Miller, Michael and Perlis, Donald},
booktitle = {Philosophy and AI: Essays at the Interface},
editor = {Cummins, R. and Pollock, J.},
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pages = {79--103},
publisher = {MIT Press},
title = {{Memory, reason, and time: The step-logic approach}},
year = {1991}
}

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