ON 'HEURISTIC PROBLEM SOLVING' BY SIMON AND NEWELL,

Abstract : A polemic on an article by Simon and Newell, Heuristic Problem Solving, in which four predictions are made concerning the usage of computers within ten years, predictions concerning the discovery of important mathematical theorems, the writing of worthwhile music, the future dependence of the major part of the field of psychology upon computers, and the dethroning of the current world chess champion by a computer.