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Sortal concepts are at the center of certain logical discussions and have played a significant role in solutions to particular problems in philosophy. Apart from logic and philosophy, the study of sortal concepts has found its place in specific fields of psychology, such as the theory of infant cognitive development and the theory of human perception. In this monograph, different formal logics for sortal concepts and sortal-related logical notions (such as sortal identity and first-order sortal quantification) are characterized. Most of these logics are intensional in nature and possess, in addition, a bidimensional character. That is, they simultaneously represent two different logical dime...
Ronald Bruce Lantz (Ron) and Donna have been married more than fifty-five years. They reside in Austin, TX. where they have lived for the last twenty-five years. Dr. Lantz holds BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University. He started working for California Research Corporation (Chevron), in the San Francisco, CA area and, after receiving his PhD, worked for Jersey Production Research in Tulsa, OK and Esso Production Research in Houston. Both the latter companies are now part of Exxon. After starting an environmental firm, Intera, and leading it for almost twenty-five years, he retired. He and his three sons own a family venture capital investment firm in which he remains active. He treasures his time with his wife, his sons and daughter-in-laws, his grandchildren, as well as his many school, golf and rotary friends.
Andreas Egger non ha mai gridato né esultato da bambino. Fino al suo primo anno di scuola non ha mai neppure davvero parlato. Quando nell’estate del 1902, ancora bimbo, lo tirano giú dal carro con cui giunge tra le montagne diventate poi sue, resta semplicemente muto a guardare in alto con grandi occhi stupiti le cime splendenti di bianco. Ha quattro anni all’epoca, e non interessa a nessuno. Men che meno a Hubert Kranzstocker, il contadino che lo accoglie controvoglia. Il bimbo è l’unico figlio di una cognata che ha condotto una vita leggera ed è stata perciò punita dal buon Dio con una tisi che se l’è portata via. Kranzstocker non lo manda al diavolo unicamente perché reca a...
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