Mocroevolution, minimalism, and the paleobiological revolution

Modeling deep time: The paleobiological revolution

Stephen Jay Gould once famously compared paleontology to Cinderella, whose great beauty and considerable virtue were only recognized after many long years of being made to toil in filth and obscurity by her evil stepsisters. Much like the girl in the fairy tale, Gould lamented, paleontology had been ignored and maligned for most of the twentieth century. Thus, it was with considerable glee that...

the u.s. policy in central asia and its impact on the colored revolutions in the region (the case study of tulip revolution in kyrgyzstan)

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Minimalism and Bilingualism:

We begin with the hypothesis that all people are “bilingual” because every language contains ingredients from several grammars, just as English exhibits both an Anglo-Saxon and a Latinate vocabulary system. We argue that the dominant grammar is defined by productivity and recursion in particular. Although current evidence is sparse, in principle, for a child who shows SLI in a bilingual environ...

Minimalism and Paradoxes

This paper argues against minimalism about truth. It does so by way of a comparison of the theory of truth with the theory of sets, and consideration of where paradoxes may arise in each. The paper proceeds by asking two seemingly unrelated questions. First, what is the theory of truth about? Answering this question shows that minimalism bears important similarities to naive set theory. Second,...

Minimalism and Explanation