Dear Lotfi & Other Colleagues,
Lotfi, thank you for your kind words. Many years ago a wise friend told me
that flattery is never insincere. In that spirit, I accept your compliments.
But, my dear colleagues, I am emboldened by Lotfi's words to offer a
suggestion:
Study of the legal appl
Dear Lotfi
Thanks for your interesting and thought provoking posting. In my view the
issue of drawing boundaries for fuzzy concepts is of fundamental importance
to understanding the use of such concepts in natural language. In
particular, I would make the following observation. As part of everyday
Dear all,
The AI community and I, personally, owe Professor Tillers an
expression of appreciation for his erudite, authoritative and insightful
comment on the problem of "Where to drawn the line"--a problem which
plays a particular important role in the realm of law and legal
reasoning. Pr
Lotfi, hope this reply finds you well. As I recall, Robinson in his
legal book, Uniform Commercial Code, 3d edition (circa 1973) refers to
legal arguments made by one Judge Cardozo that describes when a
precedent is an acceptable legal precedent. He recognizes the failure of
"binarization" and to t
Dear all,
Is the sectarian conflict in Iraq a civil war? Was torture practiced
in Guantanamo? What is pornography? What is reasonable doubt? These are
everyday instances of the question: Where to draw the line? As someone
pointed out, the U.S. Constitution is an invitation to argumentation
