One motivation for model theoretic approaches to syntax is the prospect of enabling us to “abstract fully away from the details of the grammar mechanism – to express syntactic theories purely in terms of the properties of the class of structures they license” (Rogers, 1996). This is a worthy goal: in order to see the significant relations among expressions and their parts more clearly, and to d...

Abstract Ontology deals with questions concerning what things exist, and how such may be associated according to similarities differences related within a hierarchy. provides rigorous way develop general definition of mineral species. Properties divided into two principal groups: an intrinsic property is characteristic the object independent anything else; extrinsic depends on relation between ...

Nowhere does the theory-laden character of Husserl’s phenomenological intuitions become as apparent in his reflections on cultural philosophy. It is theory that qualification one‘s own tradition one many manifestations something valid itself and binding for all a unique achievement Greek-European However, conviction can be found equally South Asian (Indian) “doctrines Oneness” well East (Chines...

What is the Problem of Universals? In this paper we take up the classic question and proceed as follows. In Sect. 1 we consider three problem solving settings and define the notion of problem solving accordingly. Basically I say that to solve problems is to eliminate undesirable, unspecified, or apparently incoherent scenarios. In Sect. 2 we apply the general observations from Sect. 1 to the Pr...