1 American University of Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon)
DOI: http://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/9/1
Received: January 25, 2018 / Accepted: March 1, 2018 / Published: April 14, 2018
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Abstract
To illustrate our point, an in-depth attention will in particular be given to the foundational development of the most popular logic programming language, PROLOG, and the Automated Theorem Proving (ATP) systems. Importantly, when studying the interactions between logic and computer science in the literature, we can observe a significant gap in the provision of the appropriate abstraction level. Specifically, we often encounter two different levels of abstraction. The first of these is relatively high even when describing technical notions in computer science, which obviously produces a lack of precision. The second adopts a technical-oriented approach which easily makes the topic and discussion unintuitive or inaccessible to the non-specialist. The paper attempts to remedy these problems by adopting a balanced approach that provides a moderate level of abstraction that targets a deeper understanding of the topic without imposing a very technical presentation on the reader.
Keywords: Frege, Predicate Logic, First Order Logic (FOL), Computer Science, Logic Programming Language, PROLOG, Resolution Principle, Kowalski’s interpretation, Automated Theorem Proving (ATP).
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