Introduction

What Is Symbolic AI?

Symbolic AI (also called classical AI or Good Old‑Fashioned AI, GOFAI) is an approach that builds “intelligent” systems by encoding knowledge as symbols and manipulating them according to logical rules rather than learning from data. These symbols represent concepts or objects, and systems reason via logic and inference over them.

The goal: emulate human-like reasoning deduction, induction, and abduction with transparent and traceable logic.