Against Truth
Hey, what IS truth, man? [Beeblebrox, quoted in [Adams, 1978]]
This title is, of course, a respectful nod to Feyerabend’s Against Method
Introduction
This document is in two parts: a statement of a problem, and an account of an attempt to address it. The problem is stated briefly in the first chapter, and fleshed out in the following two with a history of attempts which have been made in the past to address it, and an analysis of what would be needed to solve it.
The second part starts with an account of a system built by the author in collaboration with Peter Mott, describing particularly how the problem was addressed by this system; subsequent chapters will describe the development of a further system, in which the analysis developed in the first section will be applied.
This document deals only with explanation. Issues relating to inference and especially to truth maintenance will undoubtedly be raised as it progresses, but such hares will resolutely not be followed.