US security worries: No compromise

Vagueness by Numbers? No Worries

Take the vague predicate ‘tall’: I claim that any numbers assigned in an attempt to capture the vagueness of ‘tall’ do no more than serve as another measure of height. More generally, in so far as it is possible to assign numbers which respect certain truths about, for example, comparative relations, this is no more than a measure of an attribute related to, or underlying, the vague predicate. ...

Vagueness by Numbers ? No Worries NICHOLAS

Theories of vagueness based upon fuzzy set theory countenance a continuum of degrees of truth, usually represented by the real numbers between 0 and 1 inclusive (with 0 representing falsity simpliciter and 1 representing truth simpliciter). Keefe (1998) argues against such theories of vagueness. 1 Keefe writes: Take the vague predicate 'tall': I claim that any numbers assigned in an attempt to ...

No worries, mate: a forensic psychiatry sabbatical in New Zealand.

Sabbaticals were initially intended to take place one year of every seven and to provide an opportunity for study or travel. Psychiatrists rarely take sabbaticals, but they can be of tremendous value in widening professional and personal horizons. It is not merely the psychiatrist taking the sabbatical who reaps the benefits, but also the home institution and patients. Sabbatical-takers have an...

No Compromise Performance and Security with Oracle’s x86 Intel-based Systems

No Compromise: Political Consequences of Moralized Attitudes

Evolutionary, neuroscientific, and cognitive perspectives in psychology have converged on the idea that some attitudes are moralized—a distinctive characteristic. Moralized attitudes reorient behavior from maximizing gains to adhering to rules. Here, I examine a political consequence of this tendency. In four studies drawing data from a variety of sources, I measure attitude moralization and ex...