Re: the word "reasoning"

On 1 Oct 2011, at 18:15, Sandro Hawke wrote:
> As I understand it, (automated) reasoning is the use of logic
> algorithms.

Ok, then for clarity I'd prefer if we'd avoid the word “reasoning” for other kinds of algorithms such as arithmetics and string processing.

> FWIW, the conformance sections of OWL and RIF specs define things like
> entailment checkers and consistency checkers, which are reasoners

Ok. The terms “entailment checker” and “consistency checker” make sense to me.

Best,
Richard

Received on Sunday, 2 October 2011 12:19:41 UTC