A source of reflection on Christian witness and mission under the action of the Holy Spirit

The article studies the relationship which binds together the sacrament of Confirmation with the other two sacraments of initiation, namely Baptism and Eucharist. By referring to a number of liturgical and other texts, the author highlights the effects of the sacrament of Confirmation on the life and mission of the Christian in contemporary society. All confirmed Christians are called to bear witness and be instruments of evangelization.peer-reviewe

An Algorithmic Approach to Information and Meaning

I will survey some matters of relevance to a philosophical discussion of information, taking into account developments in algorithmic information theory (AIT). I will propose that meaning is deep in the sense of Bennett's logical depth, and that algorithmic probability may provide the stability needed for a robust algorithmic definition of meaning, one that takes into consideration the interpretation and the recipient's own knowledge encoded in the story attached to a message.Comment: preprint reviewed version closer to the version accepted by the journa