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The little nell problem

reasonable and resolute maintenance of agent intentions

Richmond H. Thomason

pp. 433-440

Abstrakt

The Little Nell Problem was formulated by Drew McDermott in 1982. It reveals unexpected complexities in the interaction of the beliefs and intentions of a planning agent. This paper discusses the problem and proposes a solution.

Publication details

Published in:

Huneman Philippe, Kostić Daniel (2018) Mechanistic and topological explanations. Synthese 195 (1).

Seiten: 433-440

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-016-1229-3

Referenz:

Thomason Richmond H. (2018) „The little nell problem: reasonable and resolute maintenance of agent intentions“. Synthese 195 (1), 433–440.