A Conference of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (Joint Session of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and of the Division of History of Science and Technics) was held in Paris at the Ecole Normale Supérieure on November 17-18th 2006. It was organized by Jacques Dubucs. Appointed president of [...]
Dec
02
Meaning is in the word net: cyclic self-referential definitions, dictionaries and found in translation
In the “Period 1 Cycle English Dictionary” published by “No way, Inc.” (it’s been said to be the most accurate dictionary ever) one can read: dog (Noun) : a dog is a dog. The lazy creators of this dictionary appear to have forgotten what is broadly accepted by common sense. A definition would not be [...]
Dec
01