A Sufficient Clarification of “Super-Quantum Correlations: A Necessary Clarification” by Pierre Uzan

Revisiting ontologies: A necessary clarification

Looking for ontology in a search engine, one can find so many different approaches that it can be difficult to understand which field of research the subject belongs to and how it can be useful. The term ontology is employed within philosophy, computer science, and information science with different meanings. To take advantage of what ontology theories have to offer, one should understand what ...

Coordination: A Clarification

Ever since Hayek’s 1937 classic, “Economics and Knowledge,” Austrians and other sympathetic writers have rightly emphasized study of the coordination properties of an economic system. To this end, they have claimed a distinction between the Hayekian focus on coordination and the neoclassical focus on equilibrium and efficiency. Although genuine and important, this distinction has yet to be sati...

Clarification

Thrombotic risks: a clarification.

To the Editor: Rogier M. Bertina has written a clear, timely, and authoritative review of factor V Leiden and other coagulation factor mutations affecting thrombotic risk (1). I was confused by the fact that the sum of genetic defects in inherited thrombophilia plus the cases with unknown cause add up to 109.7% (Table 1 of reference 1). This could occur due to multiple defects in individual pat...

Mises’ Calculation Argument: a Clarification

IN THIS ARTICLE I WILL DISCUSS MISES’ FAMOUS argument concerning economic calculation under socialism. I will point out that there are in fact two components of this argument. The first part deals with the fact that in capitalist economies, factors of production are allocated based on profit-andloss calculations in terms of (money) prices. Inasmuch as such calculations cannot be performed under...