Soar as a Unified Theory of Cognition: Spring 1990

Soar is a theory of cognition in a computer system. In 1987 it was used as the central exemplar to make the case that cognitive science should attempt unified theories of cognition (UTC). Soar research encompasses artificial intelligence and human computer interaction (HCI) as well, which we will la...

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Main Authors: Lewis, Richard, Huffman, Scott, John, Bonnie, Laird, John, Lehman, Jill F
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COGNITION
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Computer Systems
ENVIRONMENTS
HUMANS
INTERACTIONS
NATURAL LANGUAGE
Psychology
REACTIVITIES
SITES
SOAR
THEORY
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Summary:Soar is a theory of cognition in a computer system. In 1987 it was used as the central exemplar to make the case that cognitive science should attempt unified theories of cognition (UTC). Soar research encompasses artificial intelligence and human computer interaction (HCI) as well, which we will largely ignore here. Since then, much research has been done to move Soar toward being a real UTC, rather than just an exemplar. Figure 1 lists the relevant studies. They have been done by a broad community of researchers in the pursuit of a multiplicity of interests. This paper provides additional breadth and context and presents four of these studies to convey the current site of Soar as a UTC. (Author) (kr)