towards an axiomatic approach

(laws)

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product semantics

• example from natural language

• the rules of syntax

• the rules of meaning

example from natural language

de agent heeft de generaal gearresteerd the rules of syntax• an active perfect tense sentence has the order: <subject> heeft <direct object> <past participle> • the past participle ends with T if and only if the last letter of the root is in KOFSCHIP, so arresteren, root: arresteeR, R not in KOFSCHIP, therefore gearresteerd is ok, not gearresteert*

the rules of meaning• agent shall mean: police officer

• generaal shall mean: high ranking military officer

• arresteren shall mean: to take into police custody

• the <subject> shall mean: who did it

• the <direct object> shall mean: to whom it has happened

the rules of syntax

• the laws of physics shall apply

• the laws of engineering shall apply

• the laws of your country shall apply

the rules of interpretation

• you shall see objects

• you shall see affordances

• you shall see foreground, backround and perspective

• you shall be triggered by what’s already on your mind

the rules of meaning

• you shall see meaning

• you must know your cultural dictionary

• if what you see and what you believe are inconsistent, you shall either

• adapt what you see (?)

• add what’s missing

• ignore what’s wrong

• adapt your beliefs

• remove some beliefs

• add more beliefs

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