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Ontology And Reification
Quine: ontology is what variables range over
Quine wrote that one's ontology coincides with the ranges of the variables in one's formalism. This usage is entirely appropriate for AI. Present philosophers, Quine perhaps included, are often too stingy in the reifications they permit. It is sometimes necessary to quantify…
Two Decades Of The Language-action Perspective
Communication is more than speech acts
Over the years it became clear that communication is much more complex than a naïve speech-act theory would suggest. Communicative action draws heavily on the context. A certain message can bundle several speech acts, or maintain an intentional ambiguity. Whereas early LAP…