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David Lewis is one of the most influential philosophers of our age, and On the Plurality of Worlds is his magnum opus. OPW offers an extended development and defense of the hypothesis that there are many universes, things of the same kind as the universe in which we all live, move, and have our being. Lewis calls these universes ―worlds‖, deliberately recalling the notion of a ―possible world‖ ...

Studies of the Renal Circulation *From the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research, Oxford. Pp. xiii 187. 83 Illustrations. Price 25/-. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1947.

proximal to the level of the constriction. Furthermore, it could cause a reflex spasm of the arteries of the opposite limb (thigh). He was at that time investigating the " crush syndrome " and its resultant anuria. Continuing his researches, he studied the effect of constriction of a lower limb upon the abdominal and in particular the renal vessels. In order to ensure meticulous accuracy he gat...

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Judging from the title, Sense and sensitivity: How focus determines meaning, this monograph might seem to offer a general theory of focus; however, as a matter of fact, it constitutes a theory of FOCUS SENSITIVITY, also known as ASSOCIATION WITH FOCUS, which is one of the most studied and debated phenomena at the semantics–pragmatics interface. Sense and sensitivity develops a novel approach to...

Nature After the Genome Sarah Parry and John Dupré (eds.) Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2011

This volume comprises 10 essays that draw on the diverse set of meanings of genomes. Since genomic science covers a wide range of activities, it is hard to say unambiguously what genomics is. In the introductory chapter, Sarah Parry and John Dupré argue that a lot of confusion is created by the fact that there are two different ways to think about the genome: either in an abstract way, namely a...