Editorial: Ecologically Speaking

Editorial: Hypothetically speaking.

The objective of this short Editorial is to briefly examine the hypothesis that scientific data is, in itself, ‘fully capable of advancing knowledge (of lactation science) in a significant way that could provide clear benefit to human society or (dairy) animals’, this being the basic requirement for publication in this Journal. Knowledge is variously defined as familiarity, awareness or underst...

Editorial: Accessing Conceptual Representations for Speaking

Systematic investigations into the role of semantics in the speech production process have remained elusive. This special issue aims at moving forward toward a more detailed account of how precisely conceptual information is used to access the lexicon in speaking and what corresponding format of conceptual representations needs to be assumed. The studies presented in this volume investigated ef...

Ecologically Rational Agency

The concept of dual rationality in human agents is well understood. It is significant in the work of the economist and Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek. In psychology Sigmund Freud described ‘dual information processing’. More recently in cognitive science Daniel Levine has extensively studied the dual mechanisms in the human brain that handle these two forms of rationality. It is perhaps surpris...

Ecologically sustainable tourism management

One of the primary challenges facing ecotourism management is to establish a profitable and ecologically sustainable industry, while simultaneously achieving a satisfying experience for visitors and raising standards of living in the host community. This paper analyses the management practices and challenges faced by two ecotourism attractions on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, namely ...

Ecologically Based Standards