The mouse and the ball: Towards a cognitively-based and ontologically-grounded logic of agency
2018 (English)In: Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (FOIS 2018) / [ed] Stefano Borgo, Pascal Hitzler & Oliver Kutz, Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2018, p. 141-148Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
We discuss steps towards a formalisation of the principles of an agentive naïve proto-physics, designed to match a level of abstraction that reflects the pre-linguistic conceptualisations and elementary notions of agency, as they develop during early human cognitive development. To this end, we present an agentive extension of the multi-dimensional image schema logic ISL based on variants of STIT theory, thus replacing the temporal dimension of ISL with an action-agnostic theory of agency. To begin grasping the notion of 'animate agent', we apply the newly defined logic to model the image schematic notion of 'self movement' as a means to distinguish the agentive capabilities of a mouse from those of a ball. Finally, we outline the prospects for employing the theory in cognitive robotics.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2018. p. 141-148
Series
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, ISSN 0922-6389, E-ISSN 1879-8314 ; 306
Keywords [en]
Common sense reasoning, Embodiment, Image schemas, Ontology of agency, Spatio-temporal logic, Computer circuits, Computerized tomography, Mammals, Cognitive development, Commonsense reasoning, Formalisation, Image schemata, Multi-dimensional images, Ontology's, Spatio-temporal, Ontology
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-65648DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-910-2-141Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85053918776ISBN: 978-1-61499-909-6 (print)ISBN: 978-1-61499-910-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-65648DiVA, id: diva2:1884548
Conference
10th International Conference (FOIS 2018), 17-21 September 2018, Cape Town, South Africa
2024-07-172024-07-172024-07-17Bibliographically approved