Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery
@article{Holland1987InductionPO, title={Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery}, author={John H. Holland and Keith J. Holyoak and Richard E. Nisbett and Paul Thagard and Stephen W. Smoliar}, journal={IEEE Expert}, year={1987}, volume={2}, pages={92-93} }
Two psychologists, a computer scientist, and a philosopher have collaborated to present a framework for understanding processes of inductive reasoning and learning in organisms and machines. Theirs is the first major effort to bring the ideas of several disciplines to bear on a subject that has been a topic of investigation since the time of Socrates. The result is an integrated account that treats problem solving and induction in terms of rule-based mental models. Induction is included in the…
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