Assertion, action, and context

Context-Sensitive Multivariant Assertion Checking in Modular Programs

We propose a modular, assertion-based system for verification and debugging of large logic programs, together with several interesting models for checking assertions statically in modular programs, each with different characteristics and representing different trade-offs. Our proposal is a modular and multivariant extension of our previously proposed abstract assertion checking model and we als...

Ability, Action, and Context

This paper proposes a formalization of ability that is motivated in part by linguistic considerations and by the philosophical literature in action theory and the logic of ability, but that is also meant to match well with planning formalisms, and so to provide an account of the role of ability in practical reasoning. Some of the philosophical literature concerning ability, and in particular [A...

Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics: Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action

Native SystemC Assertion mechanism with transaction and temporal assertion support

SystemC [1] is rapidly becoming the language of choice for ESL-centric design methodologies. It is set to become the framework for higherlevel flows above today’s RTL, and has three key components: modeling, synthesis and verification. High-level modeling particularly demonstrates the language’s versatility and advantages. Strong progress is also being made in higher-level synthesis. However, o...

‘‘Assertion’’ and intentionality

Robert Stalnaker argues that his causal-pragmatic account of the problem of intentionality commits him to a coarse-grained conception of the contents of mental states, where propositions are represented as sets of possible worlds. Stalnaker also accepts the ‘‘direct reference’’ theory of names, according to which co-referring names have the same content. Stalnaker’s view of content is thus thre...