https://cis.temple.edu/~pwang/Publication/TheoriesOfAI.pdf
This chapter addresses several central meta-theoretical issues of AI and AGI. After ana-lyzing the nature of the field, three criteria for desired theories are proposed: correctness, concreteness, and compactness. The criteria are clarified in the AI context, and using them, the current situation in the field is evaluated.
https://sites.temple.edu/nickerson/files/2017/07/Comparative-Political-Studies-2015-Gonz%C3%A1lez-Ocantos-1127-58.pdf
Abstract Although elections have become the norm not only in democratic regimes but also in autocratic ones, the legitimacy of the electoral process in different countries is often contested. Facing strong international pressures to prove democratic credentials, eventual winners have a strong incentive to ensure high levels of voter turnout. Conversely, leaders of parties likely to lose the ...