Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Frames

24.1 The speed of thought
24.2 Frames of mind
24.3 How trans-frames work
24.4 Default assumptions
24.5 Nonverbal reasoning
24.6 Direction-nemes
24.7 Picture-frames
24.8 How picture-frames work
24.9 Recognizers and memorizers

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24.2 Frames of mind, p 245
A *frame* is a sort of skeleton, somewhat like an application
form with many blanks or slots to be filled. We'll call these
blanks its *terminals*.

Default assumptions fill our frames to represent what's typical
[template classes]

24.4 Default assumptions, p 247
Our story writers use phrases that activate great networks of
assumptions that already lie in the minds of their readers.

24.7 Picture-frames, p 250
[subclassing and genericity: closer to the Smalltalk model.
Frames loosely typed... constrained genericity...]
The trick will be to make all our frames for different rooms
*share the same terminals*, so that when we interchange those
frames, the information stored in them remains.

24.8 How picture-frames work, p 251
Frame-agent (recognizer).
Frame-terminals, bound to the direction-nemes.
[The frame provides with the structure, and allow for the
recollection]

24.9 Recognizers and memorizers, p 252
We can regard a recognizer as a type of agent that, in a sense,
is the opposite of a K-line -since instead of arousing a certain
state of mind, it has to recognize when a certain state of mind
occurs.