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abstract: The frame-problem is a symptom of the symbol grounding problem.
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  Fetzer, J. H. (1993b) Philosophy Unframed. PSYCOLOQUY 4(33) frame-problem.10. 
  
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  Working Papers of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Machine Learning of Natural Language and Ontology (DW Powers & L
  Reeker, Eds.) pp. 65-74. Presented at Symposium on Symbol Grounding: Problems and Practice, Stanford University, March
  1991. 
  
  Hayes, P.J. (1992) Summary of "Reasoning Agents in a Dynamic World: The Frame Problem" (Ford & Hayes 1991, Eds.)
  PSYCOLOQUY 3(59) frame-problem.1. 
  
  Hayes, P.J. and Ford, K.M. (1993) Effective Descriptions Need Not Be Complete. PSYCOLOQUY 4(21) frame-problem.5. 
  
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  van Brakel, J. (1992) The Complete Description of the Frame Problem. PSYCOLOQUY 3(60) frame-problem.2. 
  
  van Brakel, J. (1993) Unjustified Coherence. PSYCOLOQUY 4(23) frame-problem.7. 
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title: 'Problems, Problems: The Frame Problem as a Symptom of the Symbol Grounding Problem'
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