This paper compares descriptivist approaches for concept acquisition with essentialist approaches by exploring the conditions under which people use generic sentences (sentences such as ‘Apples are round’ which contrast with sentences about particulars like ‘All/most of the apples are round’). It fleshes out the essentialist approach in terms of the Baptism theory of concept acquisition (Oved, ...

WHEN PAUL WRITES HIS DISCOURSE ON THE CROSS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 1-2, HE IS addressing a church divided by competing ideologies and ego struggles. The issues that divide the Corinthians are familiar enough in our own day: in chapter 1, it is baptism; in chapters 9-11, the Lord’s supper; in chapters 12-14, ministry and worship. Chapters 5, 6, and 7 reveal that Paul’s hearers are divided about sexual...

DYNAMO – a Dynamic Architectural Memory On-line – is a Web-based design assistant to support architectural design education. The tool is conceived as an (inter-)active workhouse rather than a passive warehouse: it is interactively developed by and actively develops its users' design knowledge. Its most important feature is not merely that it presents students with design cases, but that those c...