sobre Robinson, e também Papert

[Joao Marcos]

2016-08-13 10:42 GMT-03:00 Walter Alexandre Carnielli
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> https://vanemden.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/interview-with-alan-robinson-inventor-of-resolution-logic/

Olá, Walter, obrigado por encaminhar este link (que tem muito a ver
com o tópico de interesse desta lista). Eu só conhecia a segunda
parte da entrevista, publicada no boletim da AAR:
http://www.aarinc.org/Newsletters/089-2010-10.html

O capítulo 3 do excelente livro "Mechanizing Proof: computing, risk,
and trust", de Donald Mackenzie conta em algum detalhe a história de
J. A. Robinson e sua contribuição para as áreas de IA & AR.

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O seguinte parágrafo da primeira parte da entrevista supra-mencionada
diz algumas coisas de interesse para os educadores entre nós, e cita
outra figura lendária (Papert), que por acaso também faleceu há duas
semanas:

> It is said that it takes ten thousand hours or so of practice
> and study to master a major skill (e.g. concert pianist) or
> area of knowledge (e.g. theoretical research physicist).
> Mozart had already put in this much practice by the time
> he was eleven. Because of the wonderful plasticity of the
> developing brain, early life is an excellent time for this
> sort of preparation. I think, however, that some of the
> traditional educational practices in schools drag out
> knowledge acquisition unduly, and that one can drink
> in (given the right motivation) a new knowledge area
> much faster. As Seymour Papert (following Piaget) always
> stressed, it’s a matter of taking in the right ideas at the
> right time, and using them efficiently to acquire more,
> in a kind of chain reaction.


JM