Buy new:
$52.95
In stock
$$52.95 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$52.95
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Delivery cost, delivery date and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon AU
Ships from
Amazon AU
Sold by
Amazon AU
Sold by
Amazon AU
Returns
Eligible for change of mind returns within 30 days of receipt
Eligible for change of mind returns within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition within 30 days of receipt for change of mind. If this item is damaged or defective, you may be entitled to a remedy after 30 days. Visit Returning Faulty Items for more information.
Read our returns policies
Returns
Eligible for change of mind returns within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition within 30 days of receipt for change of mind. If this item is damaged or defective, you may be entitled to a remedy after 30 days. Visit Returning Faulty Items for more information.
Read our returns policies
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
New (11) from
$52.95  FREE Delivery on first order.
Other Sellers on Amazon
Added
$63.00
+ $2.50 Delivery
Sold by: Ninetyninebooks
Sold by: Ninetyninebooks
(240 ratings)
66% positive over last 12 months
Only 3 left in stock.
Delivery Rates and Return policy
Added
$65.90
+ $1.00 Delivery
Sold by: SSN Book Store
Sold by: SSN Book Store
(92 ratings)
62% positive over last 12 months
Only 3 left in stock.
Delivery Rates and Return policy
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer—no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera, scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Robert Kowalski
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Computational Logic and Human Thinking: How to be Artificially Intelligent Paperback – Illustrated, 21 July 2011

by Robert Kowalski (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Edition: 1st
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$52.95","priceAmount":52.95,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"52","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"95","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"2MeEvjgks72pXtD1Wm85EVXclHxLTNWVzGl1Hqd2T%2FjBrQ1LBWaOddOnubQb2fiObfgAPRvagFehPFZSkuz63mVC4pacm%2FVvDgqe6SuZ6XrRH2URiUAo%2Bju6FCO0zWCNB2gTkiqdE6XsU1aJjzQdVVuMGCvrBMQi","locale":"en-AU","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

The practical benefits of computational logic need not be limited to mathematics and computing. As this book shows, ordinary people in their everyday lives can profit from the recent advances that have been developed for artificial intelligence. The book draws upon related developments in various fields from philosophy to psychology and law. It pays special attention to the integration of logic with decision theory, and the use of logic to improve the clarity and coherence of communication in natural languages such as English. This book is essential reading for teachers and researchers who may be out of touch with the latest developments in computational logic. It will also be useful in any undergraduate course that teaches practical thinking, problem solving or communication skills. Its informal presentation makes the book accessible to readers from any background, but optional, more formal, chapters are also included for those who are more technically oriented.
Previous page
  1. ISBN-10
    0521194172
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521123365
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    21 July 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    15.24 x 1.93 x 22.86 cm
  8. Print length
    334 pages
  9. See all details
Next page

Product description

Review

'[This book] is a superb introduction both to AI from within a computational logic framework and to its application to human rationality and reasoning. Nothing else comes close. Kowalski writes with philosophical insight and just the right level of technical expertise. He puts the excitement back in AI. This sets [this book] apart from the technically overwhelming, and all too often largely unintuitive and uninspiring, encyclopedic introductions that currently dominate the field.' Thomas A. Blackson, Arizona State University

'Artificial Intelligence (or AI) tries to program computers so that they can think intelligently like humans. In this book, one of the pioneers of AI suggests something new and original, namely to use the results of AI to improve human thinking … Anyone who wants to reason better and more effectively in everyday life should study Robert Kowalski's book.' Donald Gillies, University College London

Book Description

Learn how computational logic, as developed in artificial intelligence, can be applied to everyday situations.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0521123364
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (21 July 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 334 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521194172
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521123365
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.93 x 22.86 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 15

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Robert Kowalski

Robert Kowalski

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs, and more

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5 out of 5
15 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Top reviews from Australia

There are 0 reviews and 0 ratings from Australia

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
Dr. R.G. (Randy) Goebel
5.0 out of 5 stars Using computational thinking to help frame more rational human thinking,
Reviewed in Canada on 17 August 2017
Verified Purchase
Professor Kowalski has always been an intellectual beacon of thought on the issues related to using computational thinking to help frame more rational human thinking, and this book helps do that like no other.
Report
Ian
5.0 out of 5 stars Maintains a level of pragmatism that I think most coders will appreciate
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2017
Verified Purchase
As a software developer of eighteen years, I read this book hoping it would bring me up to speed with the current theories of intelligence, and gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of logic. It succeeded. The book requires a certain amount of mental focus, especially if, like me, your appreciation for mathematics came later in life, yet it maintains a level of pragmatism that I think most coders will appreciate.

We can become very effective and proficient with programming tools without having a strong formal background in logic. To create more intelligent systems we need a firmer grip of the fundamentals. Now suddenly AI is all the rage again, and research that once seemed frozen in AI winters has thawed to become immensely important to everyone.

The coding frameworks and languages we rely upon are temporary. Artificial Intelligence is here to stay, and the central theme of this book is that AI isn't just about how machines think, it's about how how humans think - and how thinking correctly can have immediate and impressive effects on the outside world thanks to technology; the natural extension of our humanity.
One person found this helpful
 Report
drummer
4.0 out of 5 stars ロジックの大切さを知る本
Reviewed in Japan on 30 March 2018
Verified Purchase
ロジックがいろいろと役立つ考え方を学べる
ニューラルネットからロジックにいくヒントになる。
人工知能の新しい見方が得られる。
Report
Seng W. Loke
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book and deserves a wide readership!
Reviewed in the United States on 1 January 2014
Verified Purchase
I have worked with programming languages such as Prolog. This book introduces the key ideas in logic programming but goes much further in integrating ideas in a coherent framework with clearly written examples. This is a masterpiece from one of the pioneers in logic programming!
7 people found this helpful
 Report
Schacher Markus
5.0 out of 5 stars 6 von 5 Sternen
Reviewed in Germany on 8 February 2015
Verified Purchase
Dieses Buch ist ein Meisterwerk. Lassen Sie sich nicht durch den Titel irritieren: Das Buch zeigt auf, wie man Philosophie, formale Logik sowie Erkenntnisse aus der künstlichen Intelligenz persönlich in vielen alltäglichen Situationen nutzbringend einsetzen kann.

Thematisch beginnt das Buch bei der Verbesserung der Kommunikation von Ideen: Kowalski schreibt zu Beginn des Buches, dass er als Student überall ausgezeichnete Noten hatte, ausser im schriftlichen English - bis er die Prinzipien der formalen Logik auf das Schreiben anzuwenden begann. Das vorliegende Buch ist eines der am besten verständlichen Bücher, die ich je gelesen habe - ganz offensichtlich hat die formale Logik hier massiv geholfen. Anhand verschiedener, leicht verständlicher Beispiele zeigt Kowalski z.B. auf,
- wie die Kenntnisse verschiedener psychologischer Effekte helfen, die Kommunikation effektiver zu gestalten und Missverständnisse zu vermeiden,
- wie Verhaltensvorschriften und Gesetze entwickelt und formuliert werden können, sodass sie verstanden und befolgt werden oder
- was eigentlich der Unterschied zwischen Reflexen, Instinkten und bewussten Handlungen ist und welche Rolle die Motivation hierbei spielt.

Gleichzeitig zeigt er aber auch auf, wie Sherlock Holmes seine Fälle löst, oder aber auch was der Unterschied zwischen einer Spezifikation und einer Implementation eines Software-Systems ist (ein wirklich unglaubliches Spektrum von Themen). Kowalski entwickelt ein (zugegebenermassen recht formales) Modell, wie der menschliche Geist zu funktionieren scheint. Er geht sogar so weit, dass sich Aspekte wie Moral, das (menschliche oder künstliche) Bewusstsein oder der Sinn des Lebens auf der Basis formaler Logik erklären lassen.

Das Buch ist in einer umgangssprachlichen und teilweise humorvollen Art und Weise geschrieben, die sehr wenig technische Vorkenntnisse erfordert und ausgesprochen motivierend ist. Trotzdem werden tiefe formallogische Themen wie Wahrheit, Negation, Modallogik, Deduktion, Induktion, Abduktion, Entscheidungstheorie, Beweisführungsverfahren, Event Calculus, Meta-Logik und mehr ziemlich detailliert abgehandelt (und dies auf weniger als 300 Seiten!). Die formal-technischen Details sind in 6 kompakten Anhängen zusammengefasst, deren Verständnis jedoch nicht für den Hauptteil des Buches erforderlich ist.

Ich verstehe das Buch als eine Zusammenfassung des Lebenswerkes von Robert Kowalski, meiner Meinung nach einer der grössten Logiker unserer Zeit und nicht zuletzt auch (zusammen mit Alain Colmerauer) Vater der Logik-Programmiersprache Prolog.

Der einzige Abzug am Buch (und daher nur 5 statt 6 Sterne) ist die teilweise etwas unglückliche Formatierung (Zeilenumbrüche) der Beispiele.
Report