"Qualitative physics as a language for cognitive modeling"

Kenneth D. Forbus
Qualitative Reasoning Group
Northwestern University

Most research in qualitative reasoning has been driven by applications in 
engineering, education, and other areas.  However, I believe that perhaps 
the most important role for qualitative physics is providing 
representations and reasoning techniques for cognitive modeling.  This
talk will examine ideas from qualitative physics in this light, including 
speculations on how they can be used for modeling developmental results,
as a component in natural language semantics, and as a bridge between 
perceptual and conceptual representations.