Hubert Leitgeb

Semantic Groundedness II: Leitgeb

Definition 1. ValXpφq $& % 1 if N rXs ( φ 0 otherwise. Definition 2. The sentence φ depends on the set of sentences X if for all sets Y, Z, ValY pφq ValZpφq only if Y XX Z XX. For example, ‘T x0 1y’ depends on {‘0 1’}. ‘T x0 1y’ is true in N rY s and false in N rZs only if ‘0 1’P Y but ‘0 1’R Z. Remark 3. (Relata) Although formally, Leitgeb’s dependence is a relation between sentences and sets ...

Hubert Wyers.

Limited, Murex, and the Cape Asbestos Company Limited. Thus in his work he was confronted by the numerous and varied medical hazards of the fine chemicals, metallurgical, and asbestos industries. To all the emerging problems he brought a wide and mature experience, which was enhanced by careful observation, accurate recording, and shrewd judgment. He made important contributions to knowledge of...

Hubert Liston Willcox

The death of Mr. Hubert Liston Willcox, of Warminster, at the early age of 36, occurred on Dec. 3rd, and was due to blood poisoning, resulting from a finger being scratched while assisting at an operation for acute peritonitis. He was educated at King's College Hospital, London, and took the qualifications of L.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S. in 1901. For the untimely loss of his son under such singularly ...

Hubert Dreyfus: Humans Versus Computers

David Hubert and His Mathematical Work

A great master of mathematics passed away when David Hubert died in Göttingen on February the 14th, 1943, at the age of eightyone. In retrospect it seems to us that the era of mathematics upon which he impressed the seal of his spirit and which is now sinking below the horizon achieved a more perfect balance than prevailed before and after, between the mastering of single concrete problems and ...