Principle of rationality
The principle of rationality (or rationality principle) was coined by
Popper
Popper called for social science to be grounded in what he called
Popper called his 'principle of rationality' nearly empty (a technical term meaning without
Among the many philosophers having discussed his 'principle of rationality' from the 1960s up to now are Noretta Koertge, R. Nadeau, Viktor J. Vanberg, Hans Albert, E. Matzner, Ian C. Jarvie, Mark A. Notturno, John Wettersten, Ian C. Böhm.
Newell
In the context of knowledge-based systems, Newell (in 1982) proposed the following principle of rationality: "If an agent has knowledge that one of its actions will lead to one of its goals, then the agent will select that action."[5] This principle is employed by agents at the knowledge level to move closer to a desired goal. An important philosophical difference between Newell and Popper is that Newell argued that the knowledge level is real in the sense that it exists in nature and is not made up. This allowed Newell to treat the rationality principle as a way of understanding nature and avoid the problems Popper ran into by treating knowledge as non physical and therefore non empirical.
See also
- Situational logic
- Rational choice
- Hermeneutics
- Artificial intelligence
- Knowledge level modeling
- Rationality
- Cognitive science
References
- Karl R. Popper, The Myth of Framework, London (Routledge) 1994, chap. 8.
- ^ Karl R. Popper, The Poverty of Historicism, London (Routledge) 1960, chap. iv, sect. 31.
- ^ "William Gorton. Popper's Realism, the Rationality Principle and Rational Choice Theory: Discussion of "The Rationality Principle Idealized" by Boaz Miller". 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Karl R. Popper, The Myth of Framework, London (Routledge) 1994, chap. 8, sect. 12.
- ^ Allen Newell. The knowledge level. Artificial Intelligence, 18:87-127, 1982.