?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+frame+of+reference+problem+in+cognitive+modeling&rft.creator=Clancey%2C+William+J.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Since+at+least+the+mid-70's+there+has+been+widespread+agreement+among+cognitive+science+researchers+that+models+of+a+problem-solving+agent+should+incorporate+its+knowledge+about+the+world+and+an+inference+procedure+for+interpreting+this+knowledge+to+construct+plans+and+take+actions.+Research+questions+have+focused+on+how+knowledge+is+represented+in+computer+programs+and+how+such+cognitive+models+can+be+verified+in+psychological+experiments.+We+are+now+experiencing+increasing+confusion+and+misunderstanding+as+different+critiques+are+leveled+against+this+methodology+and+new+jargon+is+introduced+(e.g.%2C+%22not+rules%2C%22+%22ready-to-hand%2C%22+%22background%2C%22+%22situated%2C%22+%22subsymbolic%22).+Such+divergent+approaches+put+a+premium+on+improving+our+understanding+of+past+modeling+methods%2C+allowing+us+to+more+sharply+contrast+proposed+alternatives.+This+paper+compares+and+synthesizes+new+robotic+research+that+is+founded+on+the+idea+that+knowledge+does+not+consist+of+objective+representations+of+the+world.+This+research+develops+a+new+view+of+planning+that+distinguishes+between+a+robot+designer's+ontological+preconceptions%2C+the+dynamics+of+a+robot's+interaction+with+an+environment%2C+and+an+observer's+descriptive+theories+of+patterns+in+the+robot's+behavior.+These+frame-of-reference+problems+are+illustrated+here+and+unified+by+a+new+framework+for+describing+cognitive+models.&rft.publisher=Lawrence+Erlbaum+Associates&rft.date=1989&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F296%2F1%2F102.htm&rft.identifier=++Clancey%2C+William+J.++(1989)+The+frame+of+reference+problem+in+cognitive+modeling.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F296%2F