Humans have always been intrigued by their ability to reason. We have constantly attempted to emulate this process, trying almost everything, from physiological explanations, to sociological accounts. The approach with possibly the longest tradition conceives this process as a mere…

In this paper a methodology for accesing scientific data repositories on data grids is proposed. This methodology is based on ontology specification and knowledge representation. The concept of Knowledge Perspective is introduced, as the action of applying particular scientific conjectures…

Metrics used on development of expert systems is not a well investigated problem area. This article suggests some metrics to be used to measure the maturity of the conceptualization process and the complexity of the decision process in the problem…

In this paper we present an e ective prover for mbC, a minimal inconsistency logic. The mbC logic is a paraconsistent logic of the family of logics of formal inconsistency. Paraconsistent logics have several philosophical motivations as well as many…

Searching for information in databases or on the world wide web to enhance our knowledge has become an everyday task. The internet is a major source of information for education. When we want to make new material available in digital…

El artículo recuerda los intentos de sistematización de saberes anteriores al Romanticismo y recapitula la evolución de la historiografía literaria durante los siglos XIX y XX para presentar después algunas reflexiones metodológicas con respecto a la clasificación de obras literarias…

La historia del conocimiento que el mundo mediterráneo, primero Grecia y luego Roma,
tuvo de la India, comienza en forma paulatina con la llegada, por ejemplo, de objetos de
marfil. A partir de la expedición de Alejandro, tiempo en el…

Este trabajo pretende descubrir una proximidad sistemática entre el pensamiento de Nicolás de Cusa y el idealismo alemán, en particular, en torno a la noción de "visio intellectualis" entendida en el plano teórico del conocimiento. Pretende demostrar que lo que…

This study investigates an approach of knowledge discovery and data mining in insufficient databases. An application of Computational Taxonomy analysis demonstrates that the approach is effective in such a data mining process. The approach is characterized by the use ot…

Este trabajo intenta mostrar cómo la reflexión de Merleau-Ponty se constituye en un ejemplo que corrobora la ambigüedad y la contingencia que el filósofo le atribuye a la realidad y a sus expresiones. Se analizarán cada uno de los planos…