Disquotational accounts of tmth are cornmonly snbject to a number of objections. As it happens, however, there are several different ways of understanding disquotationalism; evaluating the criticisms requires sorting out these different interpretations. 1 shall distinguish 'minimalist' from 'semanticist' disquotationalism, and argue that only the latter is really consistent with what are common...

The natural language version of the Soar cognitive modeling system (Newell, 1990) has enabled a number of language modeling applications from on-line parsing behavior (Lewis, 1993) to simultaneous interpretation (Lonsdale, 1997, 1998) to robotic control (Benjamin, Lonsdale, & Lyons, 2004). The system supports an integrated approach to incremental comprehension and generation. Learning mechanism...

Cappelen & Lepore (2006a) claim that linguistic communication requires shared content and criticise Relevance Theory on the grounds that it makes content sharing impossible. I argue that this criticism rests upon two important errors. The first is a flawed understanding of Relevance Theory, which causes Cappelen & Lepore to apply the perspective of an objective, omniscient third party to parts ...

The recent minimalist lifestyle is often claimed to be a way change your life by minimizing spending, possessions, tasks, relationships, etc. YouTube an important venue where content published and shared (Meissner, 2019). current study focuses on “minimalist journey" narratives, people tell their stories of "encountering" the lifestyle. I collected from 40 videos with comments analyzed them usi...

According to constructivism, learning takes place by constructing cognitive structures. An experiment was carried out to uncover the mental models of experienced, but not professional, users of a word processor. The study shows that the mental models are superficial, and that bricolage (trial-and-error) is extensively used even though it is not viable for solving nontrivial problems. The conclu...

This paper explores the use of networked electronic circuits, which have symmetrical properties, for generating patterns with multiple frequencies. Using a simple bistable subcircuit, connected in a network with a specific topology, the principal operating frequencies of the network are divided in to two groups, with one group oscillating at twice the frequency of the other group. Specifically,...

BACKGROUND While minimalist running shoes may have an influence on running biomechanics and on the incidence of overuse injuries, the term "minimalist" is currently used without standardisation. The objectives of this study were to reach a consensus on a standard definition of minimalist running shoes, and to develop and validate a rating scale that could be used to determine the degree of mini...