William J. Rapaport
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Joseph Rapaport is a North American philosopher who is an Associate Professor Emeritus of the University at Buffalo. Philosophical work Rapaport has done research and written extensively on intentionality and artificial intelligence. He has research interests in computer science, artificial intelligence , computational linguistics, cognitive science, logic and mathematics, and published many scientific articles on them.
William J. Rapaport's Published Works
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- SNePS Considered as a Fully Intensional Propositional Semantic Network (1986) (264)
- The SNePS family (1992) (199)
- Meinongian theories and a russellian paradox (1978) (139)
- Syntactic Semantics: Foundations of Computational Natural-Language Understanding (1988) (95)
- Logical Foundations for Belief Representation (1986) (87)
- What Did You Mean by That? Misunderstanding, Negotiation, and Syntactic Semantics (2003) (68)
- A Computational Theory of Perspective and Reference in Narrative (1988) (59)
- Models and Minds: Knowledge Representation for Natural-Language Compe-tence (1991) (55)
- UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING: SYNTACTIC SEMANTICS AND COMPUTATIONAL COGNITION (1995) (53)
- Ethical Issues in the Use of Computers (1986) (52)
- Holism, Conceptual-Role Semantics, and Syntactic Semantics (2002) (50)
- How to make the World Fit Our Language: An Essay in Meinongian Semantics (1981) (50)
- Searle's Experiments with Thought (1986) (46)
- The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence edited by Stuart Shieber (2005) (45)
- How minds can be computational systems (1998) (44)
- A computational theory of vocabulary acquisition (2000) (42)
- Implementation is Semantic Interpretation (1999) (41)
- Metacognition in SNePS (2007) (39)
- Quasi-Indexicals and Knowledge Reports (1997) (39)
- To think or not to think (1988) (39)
- Meinongian Semantics for Propositional Semantic Networks (1985) (34)
- How to Pass a Turing Test (2000) (34)
- Non-Existent Objects and Epistemological Ontology (1985) (33)
- Representing de re and de dicto belief reports in discourse and narrative (1986) (33)
- On Play by Means of Computing Machines (Preliminary Version).@@@A Theory of Higher Order Probabilities.@@@Knowledge and Efficient Computation.@@@Realizability Semantics for Error-Tolerant Logics (Preliminary Version). (1988) (31)
- Cognition and fiction (1999) (30)
- Predication, fiction, and artificial intelligence (1991) (30)
- What Is the “Context” for Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition? (2003) (29)
- Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introductory Course (2005) (28)
- Quasi-Indexical Reference in Propositional Semantic Networks (1984) (27)
- Implementation is semantic interpretation: further thoughts (2005) (26)
- The Logic of Distributed Protocols (Preliminary Report). (1988) (26)
- Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition: A Computational Theory and Educational Curriculum (2002) (25)
- In Defense of Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition (2005) (22)
- Special Issue “On Defining Artificial Intelligence”—Commentaries and Author’s Response (2020) (22)
- On Epistemic Logic and Logical Omniscience. (1988) (21)
- Reasoning About Knowledge: An Overview. (1988) (21)
- Unsolvable Problems and Philosophical Progress (1982) (21)
- How Helen Keller used syntactic semantics to escape from a Chinese Room (2006) (21)
- Semiotic Systems, Computers, and the Mind: How Cognition Could Be Computing (2012) (20)
- In Defense of Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition: How to Do Things with Words in Context (2005) (19)
- Philosophy, artificial intelligence, and the Chinese-room argument (1986) (19)
- Contextual vocabulary acquisition: from algorithm to curriculum (2003) (19)
- Computer Processes and Virtual Persons: Comments on Cole's "Artificial Intelligence and Personal Identity" (1990) (18)
- Combining Linguistic and Pictorial Information: Using Captions to Interpret Newspaper Photographs (1989) (18)
- Deictic Centers AND THE COGNITIVE STRUCTURE OF NARRATIVE COMPREHENSION (2013) (15)
- Meinong, Defective Objects, and (Psycho-)Logical Paradox (1982) (15)
- A Computational Theory of Vocabulary Expansion (2007) (15)
- An adverbial meinongian theory (1979) (14)
- Logic: A Computer Approach (1985) (14)
- Contextual vocabulary acquisition as computational philosophy and as philosophical computation (2007) (13)
- Discontinuities in Narratives (1988) (12)
- A dictionary of SNePS case frames (1994) (12)
- How to Pass a Turing Test: Syntactic Semantics, Natural-Language Understanding, and First-Person Cognition (2016) (12)
- How to Pass a Turing Test: Syntactic Semantics, Natural-Language Understanding, and First-Person Cognition (2016) (12)
- Errata: Meinongian Theories and a Russellian Paradox (1979) (10)
- Thought, Language, and Ontology, Essays in Memory of Hector-Neri Castaneda (1998) (10)
- A Resolution Method for Quantified Modal Logics of Knowledge and Belief. (1988) (10)
- A Triage Theory of Grading: The Good, the Bad, and the Middling (2011) (9)
- Machine understanding and data abstraction in Searle''s Chinese room (1985) (9)
- Representing Fiction in SNePS (1990) (8)
- Review: Stanley J. Rosenschein, Leslie Pack Kaelbling, The Synthesis of Digital Machines with Provable Epistemic Properties (1988) (8)
- On cogito propositions (1976) (8)
- Meinong, Alexius; I: Meinongian Semantics (1991) (8)
- Cognitive and Computer Systems for Understanding Narrative Text (2007) (7)
- Because mere calculating isn't thinking (1993) (7)
- Yes, She Was! (2011) (7)
- QUASI-INDICATORS , KNOWLEDGE REPORTS , AND DISCOURSE (1986) (7)
- A computational theory of early mathematical cognition (2008) (7)
- ROLE : CONTEXTUAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION : From Algorithm to Curriculum (2002) (6)
- Ontology of Cyberspace: Questions and Comments (1995) (6)
- Syntactic Semantics and the Proper Treatment of Computationalism (2018) (6)
- On the Relation of Computing to the World (2017) (5)
- Academic Family Tree of Hector-Neri Castañeda (1998) (5)
- Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: A Course Outline (1986) (5)
- Philosophy for Children and Other People (1987) (5)
- for Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition (2004) (5)
- Yes, She Was! Reply to Ford's "Helen Keller Was Never in a (2010) (5)
- Review: Moshe Y. Vardi, On Epistemic Logic and Logical Omniscience (1988) (4)
- The Turing Test (2005) (4)
- Recent and Current Artificial Intelligence Research in the Department of Computer Science SUNY at Buffalo (1986) (4)
- Thought, Language, and Ontology (1998) (4)
- What is a Computer? A Survey (2018) (4)
- To Be and Not To Be (1985) (4)
- How to Study: A Brief Guide (2012) (3)
- Computers Are Syntax All the Way Down: Reply to Bozşahin (2019) (3)
- Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (SUNY Buffalo) (1988) (3)
- Syntax, Semantics, and Computer Programs (2020) (3)
- Review: Jaakko Hintikka, Reasoning about Knowledge in Philosophy: The Paradigm of Epistemic Logic (1988) (3)
- The Consistency of Syntactical Treatments of Knowledge. (1988) (3)
- CHAPTER 10 – Syntactic Semantics: Foundations of Computational Natural-Language Understanding (1994) (3)
- How to Pass a Turing Test: Syntax Suffices for Understanding Natural Language (1999) (3)
- Meinongian Semantics and Artificial Intelligence (2013) (3)
- Searle on Brains as Computers (2007) (3)
- Thought, Language and Ontology: An Introduction (1998) (3)
- Logicians who Reason about Themselves. (1988) (3)
- Recent and current artificial intelligence research in the Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Buffalo (1986) (3)
- History Review (1986) (2)
- Models and minds (1991) (2)
- Why isn't my pocket calculator a thinking thing? (1993) (2)
- Review: Kurt Konolige, What Awareness Isn't: A Sentential View of Implicit and Explicit Belief (1988) (2)
- Pegs and Alecs. (1988) (2)
- Review: Jim des Rivieres, Hector J. Levesque, The Consistency of Syntactical Treatments of Knowledge (1988) (2)
- Philosophy of Computer Science: A Course Outline (2005) (2)
- Prolegomena to a Study of Hector-Neri Castañeda’s Influence on Artificial Intelligence: A Survey and Personal Reflections (1998) (2)
- A Cycle of Learning: Human & Artificial Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition (2004) (2)
- Logic and Computer Applications (1985) (2)
- Paper Folding and Convergent Sequences (1974) (2)
- The inner mind and the outer world: Guest editor's introduction to a special issue on cognitive science and artificial intelligence (1991) (2)
- Review: Gerhard Lakemeyer, Steps Towards a First-Order Logic of Explicit and Implicit Belief (1988) (2)
- Virtual Relations vs. Virtual Universals: Essay, Comments, and Reply (1995) (2)
- A First Order Theory of Planning, Knowledge, and Action. (1988) (1)
- Computers Are Syntax All the Way Down: Reply to Bozşahin (2018) (1)
- On Play by Means of Computing Machines .A Theory of Higher Order Probabilities.Knowledge and Efficient Computation.Realizability Semantics for Error-Tolerant Logics (1988) (1)
- Preface to: Where Does I Come From? Special Issue on Subjectivity and the Debate over Computational Cognitive Science (1995) (1)
- Review: Raymond M. Smullyan, Logicians who Reason about Themselves (1988) (1)
- Review: Joseph Y. Halpern, Reasoning About Knowledge: An Overview (1988) (1)
- Review: Cynthia Dwork, Yoram Moses, Knowledge and Common Knowledge in a Byzantine Environment I: Crash Failures (1988) (1)
- Preface - Subjectivity and the debate over computational cognitive science (1995) (1)
- Halpern Joseph Y.. Reasoning about knowledge: an overview. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 1–17. (1988) (1)
- Philosophy of Computer Science : An Introductory Course Philosophy of Computer Science : An Introductory Course (2005) (1)
- Book Review (1902) (0)
- Review of Language and reality: an introduction to the philosophy of language by Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny. MIT Press 1987. (1988) (0)
- A Method for Evaluating Ontologies (2012) (0)
- Review: Leora Morgenstern, A First Order Theory of Planning, Knowledge, and Action (1988) (0)
- What is a Computer? A Survey (2018) (0)
- Discussion Review (2004) (0)
- Smullyan Raymond M.. Logicians who reason about themselves. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 341–352. (1988) (0)
- Thomason Richmond H.. Paradoxes and semantic representation. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 225–239. (1988) (0)
- Cognitive science (2003) (0)
- Review: Fred Landman, Pegs and Alecs (1988) (0)
- Review: Gordon Plotkin, Colin Stirling, A Framework for Intuitionistic Modal Logics (1988) (0)
- Ladner Richard E. and Reif John H.. The logic of distributed protocols (preliminary report). Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 207–222. (1988) (0)
- Vardi Moshe Y.. On epistemic logic and logical omniscience. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 293–305. (1988) (0)
- Afundamental assumption of Alexius Meinong's Theory of Objects (i9o4) is the act-content-object (ACO) analysis of psychological (2016) (0)
- Meinong, Defective Objects, and Logical Paradox (1982) (0)
- Geissler Christophe and Konolige Kurt. A resolution method for quantified modal logics of knowledge and belief. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 309–324. (1988) (0)
- FOLDING AND CONVERGENT SEQUENCES (0)
- Review: Richard E. Ladner, John H. Reif, The Logic of Distributed Protocols (Preliminary Report) (1988) (0)
- 1. Do Pocket Calculators Think?- Hauser's Master Argument (1993) (0)
- Review: Christophe Geissler, Kurt Konolige, A Resolution Method for Quantified Modal Logics of Knowledge and Belief (1988) (0)
- Artificial intelligence (2016) (0)
- Ronald Fagin and Moshe Y. Vardi. Knowledge and implicit knowledge in a distributed environment: preliminary report. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Joseph Y. Halpern, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos1986, pp. 187–206. (1988) (0)
- Review: Ronald Fagin, Moshe Y. Vardi, Knowledge and Implicit Knowledge in a Distributed Environment: Preliminary Report (1988) (0)
- Rosenschein Stanley J. and Kaelbling Leslie Pack. The synthesis of digital machines with provable epistemic properties. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 83–98. (1988) (0)
- Provided for Non-commercial Research and Educational Use Only. Not for Reproduction or Distribution or Commercial Use Turing Test (0)
- Review: Karel Lambert, Meinong and the Principle of Independence. Its Place in Meinong's Theory of Objects and Its Significance in Contemporary Philosophical Logic (1986) (0)
- Konolige Kurt. What awareness isn't: a sentential view of implicit and explicit belief. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 241–250. (1988) (0)
- Meinong, Alexius Ii: Meinong and the Graz School (2014) (0)
- Book Reviews: Language and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (1988) (0)
- Review: Richmond H. Thomason, Paradoxes and Semantic Representation (1988) (0)
- Jaakko Hintikka. Reasoning about knowledge in philosophy: the paradigm of epistemic logic. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Joseph Y. Halpern, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos1986, pp. 63–80. (1988) (0)
- Morgenstern Leora. A first order theory of planning, knowledge, and action. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 99–114. (1988) (0)
- Dwork Cynthia and Moses Yoram. Knowledge and common knowledge in a Byzantine environment I: crash failures. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 149–169. (1988) (0)
- Thought , Language , and Ontology / Chapter 1 Thought , Language , and Ontology / Preface Thought , Language , and Ontology : An Introduction (1999) (0)
- Rivières Jim Des and Levesque Hector J.. The consistency of syntactical treatments of knowledge. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 115–130. (1988) (0)
- Gerhard Lakemeyer. Steps towards a first-order logic of explicit and implicit belief. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Joseph Y. Halpern, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos1986, pp. 325–340. (1988) (0)
- Smith Brian Cantwell. Varieties of self-reference. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 19–43. (1988) (0)
- Syntax, Semantics, and Computer Programs (2019) (0)
- Theoretical Foundations for Belief Revision. (1988) (0)
- The Logic of the Ternary Sentential Connective “If-Then-Else” (2002) (0)
- WILLIAM J. RAPAPORT: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: A Course Outline (2006) (0)
- Martins João P. and Shapiro Stuart C.. Theoretical foundations for belief revision. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 383–398. (1988) (0)
- A Role for Qualia (2022) (0)
- Plotkin Gordon and Stirling Colin. A framework for intuitionistic modal logics. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 399–406. (1988) (0)
- Preferential Ordering of Beliefs for Default Reasoning (2003) (0)
- Nicholas M. Asher and Johan A. W. Kamp. The knower's paradox and representational theories of attitudes. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference, edited by Joseph Y. Halpern, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos1986, pp. 131–147. (1988) (0)
- Books received (2004) (0)
- Paradoxes and Semantic Representation. (1988) (0)
- Review: Brian Cantwell Smith, Varieties of Self-Reference (1988) (0)
- GOD , THE DEMON , AND THE COGITO (1987) (0)
- Review: Nicholas M. Asher, Johan A. W. Kamp, The Knower's Paradox and Representational Theories of Attitudes (1988) (0)
- Landman Fred. Pegs and alecs. An abridged version of LIII 656. Theoretical aspects of reasoning about knowledge, Proceedings of the 1986 conference , edited by Halpern Joseph Y., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Los Altos 1986, pp. 45–61. (1988) (0)
- Review: Joao P. Martins, Stuart C. Shapiro, Theoretical Foundations for Belief Revision (1988) (0)
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