Cudworth and Normative Explanations

Normative vs. Pragmatic: Two Perspectives on the Design of Explanations in Intelligent Systems

This paper compares two main perspectives on explanations in intelligent systems: 1) A normative view, based on recent legislation and ethical considerations, which motivates detailed and comprehensive explanations of algorithms in intelligent systems. 2) A pragmatic view, motivated by benefits for usability and efficient use, achieved through better understanding of the system. We introduce an...

Explanations Count Explanations Count

In research areas such as decision support systems, one of the crucial features is the ability to automatically explain decisions. However, this ability does not typically play a large role in computer games. Here, I suggest that this situation will change: research on the automatic generation of explanations will have real import for many types of computer games. I discuss four possible ways t...

Normative programs and normative mechanism design

The environment is an essential component of multi-agent systems, which is often used to coordinate the behaviour of individual agents. Recently many programming languages have been proposed to facilitate the implementation of such environments. This extended abstract is motivated by the emerging programming languages that are designed to implement environments in terms of normative concepts su...

Norms, Normative Utterances, and Normative Propositions

It is argued that the distinction between the normative and the descriptive interpretation of norm sentences can be regarded as a distinction between two kinds of utterances. A norm or a directive has as its content a normative proposition. A normative (performative) utterance of a normative proposition in appropriate circumstances makes the proposition true, and an assertive (descriptive) utte...

Theoretical Explanations 1 RUNNING HEAD: THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS Strengths and limitations of theoretical explanations in psychology