Asher Winkelstein, M.D. 1893–1972

ASHER and ALEX LASCARIDES INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS

In this paper, we address several puzzles concerning speech acts, particularly indirect speech acts. We show how a formal semantic theory of discourse interpretation can be used to define speech acts and to avoid murky issues concerning the metaphysics of action. We provide a formally precise definition of indirect speech acts, including the subclass of so-called conventionalized indirect speec...

Review of “orthopaedic biomechanics” edited by Beth A. Winkelstein

Book details Orthopaedic Biomechanics CRC Press, FL; Winkelstein, BA; 2012; 639 Pages. List price: USD 179.95, ISBN 9781439860939 (Hardback) “Orthopaedic Biomechanics” was released in 2012 and edited by Beth A. Winkelstein, PhD. The list price of the book ($179.95) is comparable with similar books published in this field. This text is intended for both the novice and established researcher work...

Model-Theoretic Characterization of Asher and Vieu's Ontology of Mereotopology

We characterize the models of Asher and Vieu’s first-order mereotopology RT0 in terms of mathematical structures with well-defined properties: topological spaces, lattices, and graphs. We give a full representation theorem for the models of the subtheory RT− (RT0 without existential axioms) as p-ortholattices (pseudocomplemented, orthocomplemented). We further prove that the finite models of RT...

Model-Theoretic Analysis of Asher And Vieu's Mereotopology

Model-Theoretic Analysis of Asher And Vieu's Mereotopology

, MD , PhD TONI BRANSFORD , MD , FACC