It is well-known that many relevant aspects of everyday reasoning based on natural language cannot be adequately expressed in classical rst-order logic. In this paper we address two of the problems, rstly that of so-called presuppositions, expressions from which it is possible to draw implicit conclusion, which classical logic normally does not warrant, and secondly the related problem of parti...

The significance of Behaviourism is examined in relation to its far conceptual roots, i.e. comparative animal studies initiated by Darwin, mechanistic physiological thinking initiated by Descartes and empiricist associationism. The Behaviourist anti-mentalist position induced neuromechanistic interpretations based on Pavlovian reflexes, stimulus-response connectionism and the very first hypothe...

It is widely recognized that the diagnostic clinical laboratory has been revolutionized during recent years by extraordinary progress and instrumentation in automation. The microbiology and immunology laboratories have not developed until quite recently a sophisticated instrumentation and automation methodology. However, such advances are dependent on both modification and expansion of conventi...