?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Pragmatic+Roots+of+Context&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+Bruce&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=When+modelling+complex+systems+one+can+not+include+all+the+causal+factors%2C+but+one+has+to+settle+for+partial+models.+This+is+alright+if+the+factors+left+out+are+either+so+constant+that+they+can+be+ignored+or+one+is+able+to+recognise+the+circumstances+when+they+will+be+such+that+the+partial+model+applies.+The+transference+of+knowledge+from+the+point+of+application+to+the+point+of+learning+utilises+a+combination+of+recognition+and+inference+%C2%AD+a+simple+model+of+the+important+features+is+learnt+and+later+situations+where+inferences+can+be+drawn+from+the+model+are+recognised.+Context+is+an+abstraction+of+the+collection+of+background+features+that+are+later+recognised.+Different+heuristics+for+recognition+and+model+formulation+will+be+effective+for+different+learning+tasks.+Each+of+these+will+lead+to+a+different+type+of+context.+Given+this%2C+there+are+(at+least)+two+ways+of+modelling+context%3A+one+can+either+attempt+to+investigate+the+contexts+that+arise+out+of+the+heuristics+that+a+particular+agent+actually+applies+(the+%60internal'+approach)%3B+or+(if+this+is+feasible)+one+can+attempt+to+model+context+using+the+external+source+of+regularity+that+the+heuristics+exploit.+There+are+also+two+basic+methodologies+for+the+investigation+of+context%3A+a+top-down+(or+%60foundationalist')+approach+where+one+tries+to+lay+down+general%2C+a+priori+principles+and+a+bottom-up+(or+%60scientific')+approach+where+one+can+try+and+find+what+sorts+of+context+arise+by+experiment+and+simulation.+A+simulation+is+exhibited+which+is+designed+to+illustrate+the+practicality+of+the+bottom-up+approach+in+elucidating+the+sorts+of+internal+context+that+arise+in+an+artificial+agent+which+is+attempting+to+learn+simple+models+of+a+complex+environment.+It+ends+with+a+plea+for+the+cooperation+of+the+AI+and+Machine+Learning+communities+as+both+learning+and+inference+is+needed+if+context+is+to+make+complete+sense.&rft.publisher=Springer-Verlag&rft.contributor=Bouquet%2C+Paolo&rft.contributor=Serafini%2C+Luciano&rft.contributor=Brezillon%2C+Patrick&rft.contributor=Benerecetti%2C+Massimo&rft.contributor=Castellani%2C+Francesca&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1778%2F1%2FpragconA4.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1778%2F5%2Fpraghol.pdf&rft.identifier=++Edmonds%2C+Bruce++(1999)+The+Pragmatic+Roots+of+Context.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1778%2F