It is, instead, intuitionistic logic, that is, the logic derived from the constructive interpretation of mathematical assertions.
Given the goal of proving the presence of a sentence, the goal-chaining mechanism of Prolog then provides a procedural interpretation of these assertions.
After West's attempt to construct a metaphorical interpretation of Muedan assertions that the lions prowling their villages are fabricated by sorcerers is disputed by his Muedan research collaborators, West realized that ethnography and sorcery indeed have much in common.
My view is that the most natural interpretation of an assertion that, say, international trade has Acaused@ wages for unskilled workers in advanced countries to decline by 2percentt is to view it as a Abut-for@ statement: but for the opportunities to import labor-intensive products offered by greater world integration, those wages would be 2percentt higher than they actually are.
In such circumstances, the audience should look for an alternative interpretation of the assertion.
Assertion (ii) is a global version of assertion (i).
The empiricism and objectivity that were hallmarks of Dewey's ethical theory were antithetical to the Heideggerian or Sartrean interpretation of normative ethical assertions as arbitrary commitments which represent the choices of persons who bear the burden of freedom and self-consciousness.
A recent objection to the defense is due to Geirsson and Losonsky, who question the interpretation of the fourth assertion in the definition of transworld depravity ("If S´ were actual, P would go wrong with respect to A").
The entire debate, now nearing seven weeks, has boiled down to sharply differing interpretations of the assertion in the American draft that Iraq is in "material breach" of past Council measures.
However, contrary to petitioners assertions, our interpretation of §1962(d) does not render it mere surplusage.
