?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Can+One+Really+Reason+about+Laws%3F&rft.creator=Fulda%2C+Joseph+S.&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Precedent+decides+legal+cases%2C+but+few+precedents+make+the+case+at+bar+%3CI%3Eres+judicata%3C%2FI%3E.++Instead%2C+analogical+reasoning+is+used%2C+together+with+canons+of+statutory+interpretation+and+theories+of+constitutional+jurisprudence.++%0AThe+work+under+review+provides+a+model+and+algorithm+for+analogical+reasoning+in+the+legal+context.%0A%0ATechnically%2C+the+paper+represents+very+fine+work%2C+except+that+in+order+to+find+the+ground+of+a+rule%2C+some+human+input+is+required.++The+rule+is+denied+and+consequences+of+the+negation+are+automatically+derived%3B+then%2C+those+which+a+person+has+previously+marked+as+undesirable+are+candidates+for+the+rule's+ground.++So+this+is+a+man-machine+system%2C+something+not+emphasized+by+the+authors.++Still%2C+it+is+very+fine+work.%0A%0AAside+from+its+technical+excellence+and%2C+on+the+other+hand%2C+an+annoying+number+of+missing+articles%2C+misplaced+modifiers%2C+and+failures+of+agreement%2C+the+authors+imply+a+certain+understanding+of+law+and+how+laws+are+made.++The+paper+uses+an+ordinance+rather+than+cases+for+analogical+reasoning%2C+after+all%2C+a+practice+that+makes+little+sense+unless+the+legislature+is+always+perfectly+consistent.++Hence%2C+the+whole+epistemological+basis+for+the+paper+may+be+flawed.&rft.date=1999-06&rft.type=Newspaper%2FMagazine+Article&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1097%2F3%2FANALOGY.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fulda%2C+Joseph+S.++(1999)+Can+One+Really+Reason+about+Laws%3F++%5BNewspaper%2FMagazine+Article%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1097%2F