We consider the symbol grounding problem, and apply to it philosophical arguments against Cartesianism developed by Sellars and McDowell: the problematic issue is the dichotomy between inside and outside which the definition of a physical symbol system presupposes. Surprisingly, one can question this dichotomy and still do symbolic computation: a detailed examination of the hardware and softwar...

The paper analyses what is said and what is presupposed by the Principle of Compositionality for semantics, as it is commonly stated. The Principle of Compositionality is an axiom which some semantics satisfy and some don’t. It says essentially that if two expressions have the same meaning then they make the same contribution to the meanings of expressions containing them. This is a sensible ax...

This article presents an overview of the career of F. W. Lancaster. It starts with a review of the recognitions he has received for his teaching accomplishments, both in the United States and in many foreign countries. It then turns to his books, for which he has received awards from the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Society for Information Science and Technology, and his ...

We study the expressive power of open formulas of dependence logic introduced in Väänänen [Dependence logic (Vol. 70 of London Mathematical Society Student Texts), 2007]. In particular, we answer a question raised by Wilfrid Hodges: how to characterize the sets of teams definable bymeans of identity only in dependence logic, or equivalently in independence friendly logic.

The Impact of Exercise Rehabilitation and Physical Activity on the Management of Parkinson’s Disease A.M. Johnson, PhD,Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON. Q.J. Almeida, PhD,Director, Movement Disorders Research & Rehabilitation Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. MOVEMENT DISORDERS

La Revue Internationale des Francophonies cherche à promouvoir le français comme langue-culture l’attention (comme lecteurs et auteurs) de ces différentes couches locuteurs « au nom la diversité langues cultures » (Hagège, 2006) avec les visions du monde ontologies que cette langue structure différemment l’anglais notamment. Ainsi, revue promeut l’idée l’on se fait d’une (une culture, une histo...