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Programming the logic theory machine

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1957

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Allen Newell, James Shaw

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Abstract

A companion paper has discussed a system, called the Logic Theory Machine (LT), that discovers proofs for theorems in symbolic logic in much the same way as a human does. It manipulates symbols, it tries different methods, and it modifies some of its processes in the light of experience.