[net.nlang] Generate and Select

dzd@cosivax.UUCP (Dean Douthat) (07/20/85)

Such strategies are currently popular in many artificial intelligence projects.
Saint Augustine tells us about Latin etymologies of interest:

cogitate <= L. cogitare = think <= L. con + agitare = shake together
intelligent <= L. intelligere = understand <= L. inter + legere = choose among

This "generate/select" idea is not all that new and radical.  Does anybody out
in net land know where in St.  Augustine's writings this discussion is found?

Thanks,

Dean Douthat