We hold that the first three questions should be answered positively (with some qualifications to be outlined). Block and Stalnaker hold that the first three questions should be answered negatively. Their central strategy is to argue for a negative answer to the first question, and to use this conclusion to argue for a negative answer to the second and third questions. They argue that truths ab...

This paper does two things. First, it argues for a metaphilosophical view of conceptual analysis questions; in particular, it argues that the facts that settle conceptual-analysis questions are facts about the linguistic intentions of ordinary folk. The second thing this paper does is argue that if this metaphilosophical view is correct, then experimental philosophy (or “x-phi”) is a legitimate...

Software systems are often highly structured, consisting of artifacts: types, methods, variables, and packages; and relationships between these artifacts. Domain and meta models, and software design documentation provide additional artifacts such as roles, associations, use cases, and paragraphs of text. This paper outlines a tool for software structure understanding. The tool consists of a kno...

This article presents a conceptual analysis of collaboration scripts used in face-to-face and computer-mediated collaborative learning. Collaboration scripts are scaffolds that aim to improve collaboration through structuring the interactive processes between two or more learning partners. Collaboration scripts consist of at least five components: (a) learning objectives, (b) type of activities...

Electronic portfolios constitute a prominent educational innovation which aims at the systematic self-controlled development of qualifications based on a meaningful collection of electronic items. As a commonly supposed interesting side effect, literature supposes e-portfolios also as particular suitable tools for recruiting employees, while systematic studies are missing. The current paper the...

The literature in geographic information science and related fields contains a variety of definitions and understandings for the term resolution. The goal of this paper is to discuss them and to provide a framework that makes at least some of these different senses compatible. The ultimate goal of our work is an ontological account of resolution. In a first stage, resolution and related notions...

This essay concerns the question of how we make genuine epistemic progress through conceptual analysis. Our way into this issue will be through consideration of the paradox of analysis. The paradox challenges us to explain how a given statement canmake a substantive contribution to our knowledge, evenwhile it purports merely to make explicit what one’s grasp of the concept under scrutiny consis...

In this paper, the serious problem of disinformation is discussed. It is argued that, in order to deal with this problem, we first need to understand exactly what disinformation is. The philosophical method of conceptual analysis is described, and a conceptual analysis of disinformation is offered. Finally, how this analysis can help us to deal with the problem of disinformation is briefly disc...

Analysis of dependencies between entities is an important part of modeling. Whether the modeling domain is at the enterprise level or at the system or software component level, characterization, representation, and analysis of these dependencies is essential to correctly modeling the domain. For example, it is important to identify and characterize dependencies between both system and software ...

Neurology D. Alan Shewmon Chronic "brain death": Meta-analysis and conceptual consequences This information is current as of September 7, 2009 http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/51/6/1538 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0028-3878. Online ISSN: 1526-632X. since 1951, it i...