AI prehistory Philosophy logic,methods of reasoning mind as physical system foundations of learning,language,rationality Mathematics formal representation and proof algorithms,computation,(un)decidability,(in)tractability probability Psychology adaptation phenomena of perception and motor control experimental techniques(psychophysics,etc.) Economics formal theory of rational decisions Linguistics knowledge representation grammar Neuroscience plastic physical substrate for mental activity Control theory homeostatic systems,stability simple optimal agent designs Chapter 1 9 AI prehistory Philosophy logic, methods of reasoning mind as physical system foundations of learning, language, rationality Mathematics formal representation and proof algorithms, computation, (un)decidability, (in)tractability probability Psychology adaptation phenomena of perception and motor control experimental techniques (psychophysics, etc.) Economics formal theory of rational decisions Linguistics knowledge representation grammar Neuroscience plastic physical substrate for mental activity Control theory homeostatic systems, stability simple optimal agent designs Chapter 1 9