Evolution of Semantic Systems

1. The Emergence of Reference
Dagfinn Føllesdal

2. Pragmatism and the Evolution of Semantic Systems
Stefan Artmann

3. System Surfaces: There Is Never Just Only One Structure
Klaus Kornwachs

4. Elements of a Semantic Code
Bernd-Olaf Küppers

5. Talking About Structures
Rüdiger Inhetveen, Bernhard Schiemann

6. Toward a Formal Theory of Information Structure
Jerry R. Hobbs, Rutu Mulkar-Mehta

7. Mechanics and Mental Change
Jon Doyle

8. Semantic Technologies: A Computational Paradigm for Making Sense of Qualitative Meaning Structures
Udo Hahn

9. What Are Ontologies Good For?
Ian Horrocks

10. Taxonomic Change as a Reflection of Progress in a Scientific Discipline
Alexa T. McCray, Kyungjoon Lee

11. Crystallizations as a Form of Scientific Semantic Change: The Case of Thermodynamics
C. Ulises Moulines

Nyckelord: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Models and Principles, Coding and Information Theory, Philosophy of Technology, Semantics, Computational Linguistics