Factual versus representational utilities and their interdimensional comparisons

Nodal surfaces and interdimensional degeneracies.

The aim of this paper is to shed light on the topology and properties of the nodes (i.e., the zeros of the wave function) in electronic systems. Using the "electrons on a sphere" model, we study the nodes of two-, three-, and four-electron systems in various ferromagnetic configurations (sp, p(2), sd, pd, p(3), sp(2), and sp(3)). In some particular cases (sp, p(2), sd, pd, and p(3)), we rigorou...

Obligation versus Factual Conditionals under the Weak Completion Semantics

Conditionals play a prominent role in human reasoning and, hence, all cognitive theories try to evaluate conditionals like humans do. In this paper, we are particularly interested in theWeak Completion Semantics, a new cognitive theory based on logic programming, the weak completion of a program, the three-valued Łukasiewicz logic, and abduction. We show that the evaluation of conditionals with...

Representational momentum in perception and grasping: translating versus transforming objects.

Representational momentum is the tendency to misremember the stopping point of a moving object as further forward in the direction of movement. Results of several studies suggest that this effect is typical for changes in position (e.g., translation) and not for changes in object shape (transformation). Additionally, the effect seems to be stronger in motor tasks than in perceptual tasks. Here,...

Principles of interdimensional meaning interaction

Expressives (damn in the damn dog left), supplements (who is smart in John, who is smart, left) and some other expression types contribute meanings that are not part of the normal at-issue content of a sentence. Following Potts (2005), we will say that they occupy separate dimension of meaning. Potts’ formal analysis is suitably multi-dimensional, but not compositional. Kubota & Uegaki (2009) p...

Representational versus Derivational approaches to Syntax: Optimality Theory and Chains