Journal of Logic, Language, and Information, Vol. 9, No. 1, Special Issue on Logics of Uncertainty (Jan., 2000), pp. 65-89 (25 pages) The starting point of this work is the gap between two distinct ...

A new formalism for predicate logic is introduced, with a non-standard method of binding variables, which allows a compositional formalization of certain anaphoric constructions, including 'donkey ...

Fuzzy logic provides a mathematical framework for dealing with imprecise and vague concepts, proving particularly amenable to the challenges posed by natural language.

The consequences of a logic program depend in general upon both the rules of the program and its language. However the consequences of some programs are independent of the choice of language, while ...

Summary form only given. Language is primarily a physical, more particularly a biological phenomenon. To say that it is primarily so is to say that that is how, in the first instance, it presents ...

Logical pluralism and linguistic relativism: a hypothesis about the relationship between logic, language and thought Pluralismo lógico e relativismo linguistico: uma hipótese sobre a relação entre ...

Inferences drawn from the grammar-based logic activated a swathe of brain regions usually associated with language functioning.

Bentham produced the bulk of his manuscripts on logic and language between 1814 and 1816, although the field was an abiding interest throughout his life. Bentham stressed the practical need for a ...