A Model For Learning By Source Control

The information we receive is often changing, inconsistent and incomplete, thus bound to generate contradictions. Clearly we must recover reasonably from inconsistencies if to make sense of the world. We introduce a model to cope with this situation. This paper continues the work presented in (6,7). We propose that an adaptive reasoning system should use a model of its sources, recognise patterns in their behaviour and adjust that model on the basis of evidence and general principles. The relation with TMS is then discussed.