A response to Michael Lynch

Variables , Intent , and Counterfactuals : A Response to Michael

I written elsewhere: “Where there exists a critical mass of scholars working on similar sets of questions—critiquing and building on one another’s work—knowledge accumulation is more likely to occur.”1 It is with this statement in mind that I proceed with my response to Michael Nelson’s thoughtful critique. Rather than a point-by-point rebuttal, I will focus on three of the most interesting and...

Genres and genre theory : a response to Michael Rosen

A friend of mine in the UK Paddy Walsh has passed on to me your recent ruminations on “How genre theory saved the world”. I note that Paddy is a former subject English teacher and SNS English consultant, and familiar with work done using genre theory in the UK. As I was one of the genre theorists with whom you exchanged articles in English in Australia a good many years ago, I thought I might r...

Neuregulins Response to Exercise: a Mini Review

The Neuregulin is a member of the epidermal growth factors (EGF) family of receptor kinases, was originally identified as the product of the transforming gene derived from chemically induced rat neuroblastoms. A variety of different protein isoforms are produced from single Neuregulin gene. Four distinct vertebrate gene encode Neuregulin, prosaically named NRG1, NRG2, NRG3, and NRG4. Most of bi...

Politics Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Replies to Michael Kremer

First, is existence really not essential by my definition? My answer is that it is neither universally essential, nor universally non-essential, and not by the definition Michael considers. The reason for this answer is that the definition Michael considers does not express the sense in which I claim (as I believe, together with Aquinas) that ‘exists’ is not an essential predicate of creatures,...