Fuzzy Bigraphs: An Exercise in Fuzzy Communicating Agents

Bigraphs and their algebra is a model of concurrency. Fuzzy bigraphs are a generalization of birgraphs intended to be a model of concurrency that incorporates vagueness. More specifically, this model assumes that agents are similar, communication is not perfect, and, in general, everything is or happens to some degree.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure

Pitfalls and problems in analysing and interpreting the seasonality of faunal remains

Seasonality studies are an important tool in archaeological research, as long as methods are correctly applied. This paper aims to highlight problems which arise in seasonality studies due to a lack of understanding by archaeologists of animal behaviour and biology, and from this, how erroneous archaeological interpretations are then formed. The first point will show how myths regarding animal behaviour can occur and become firmly entrenched in the literature and the minds of archaeologists. The second point will outline how false assumptions can be made concerning reasons for the exploitation of certain species. Finally, it will be demonstrated that when using scientific methods, such as analysis of incremental growth, a thorough understanding of the biology of the species in question is essential

Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time and the Teleological and cosmological arguments

The author argues that Stephen Hawking makes implicit reference to and attempts to undermine two classical arguments for the existence of God: the teleological and the cosmological arguments. Further, the author shows that, in fact. Hawking\'s \"No Boundary Proposal\"—even if it were to be empirically verified—would not entirely discredit these two arguments, but would, instead, transform them into epistemic icons that reveal the immanent presence of God in the cosmos