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SUMMARY: Philosophy Talk – Professor Mariam Thalos: “Reasoning in Context”
DESCRIPTION: Title: “Reasoning in Context” Abstract: The concept of intelli
 gence has been difficult to get one’s arms around. Surprisingly\, the same 
 can also be said of a wide-scope conception of reasoning. This talk aims at
  shedding some light on that concept\, with emphasis on reasoning for pract
 ical life. This will put us in a better position […]
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 tle:<br /></strong><strong>“Reasoning in Context”</strong></p><p><strong>Ab
 stract:<br /></strong>The concept of intelligence has been difficult to get
  one’s arms around. Surprisingly\, the same can also be said of a wide-scop
 e conception of reasoning. This talk aims at shedding some light on that co
 ncept\, with emphasis on reasoning for practical life. This will put us in 
 a better position to make some comparisons between (some aspects of) human 
 reasoning\, and what Large Language Models (LLMs) are doing - they look to 
 be doing quite different things.  By articulating an account of the basic m
 achinery required for reasoning\, we will be able to pose questions about w
 hether this current generation of AI models is capable of moving past their
  present obstacles to reasoning.</p><p><strong>Bio:<br /></strong>Mariam Th
 alos is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the Un
 iversity of Guelph.  A Distinguished Professor at the University of Tenness
 ee since 2018\, she is a philosopher of science with a broad spectrum of in
 terests in the physical\, decisional and human sciences.  Her forthcoming b
 ook with Routledge is entitled <em>Reasoning in the Wild.</em><strong><br /
 ></strong></p>
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