---
title: "Interactions Between Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Intuition and Non-Logical Reasoning in Intelligence"
authors:
  - "Aaron Sloman"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/26"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1971/0026.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1971
pages: "270-277"
track: ""
keywords:
---

# Interactions Between Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Intuition and Non-Logical Reasoning in Intelligence

Aaron Sloman

*Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 270-277.

## Abstract

This paper echoes, from a philosophical standpoint, the claim of McCarthy and Hayes that Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence have important relations • Philosophical problems about the use of "intuition" in reasonillt', are related, via a concept of analogical representation, to problems in the simulation of perception, problem-solving and the generation of useful se_ts of possibilities in considering how to act . The requirements for intelligent decision-making proposed by McCarthy and Hayes are criticised as too narrow, and more general requirements are suggested instead.