TH E academy of fciences at Dijon hav<* propofed the following fubjeft for a prizp of three hundred livres value : "To determine " with greater precifion than hath been hitherto u done, the charafteriftic fymptoms of intermit" .tent fevers, and to point out in the cleareft " manner the circumftances in which febrifuge " remedies may be employed with advantage, ki and without danger to the lick....

As remarked in the Introduction to this volume, there are two different phenomena that have been comprehended under the title of ‘generics’: (a) reference to kinds and (b) some statements of generality. Reference to kinds is a feature of (some) noun phrases, since it is (some) NPs that can accomplish reference. Meanwhile, generic statements involve an entire sentence, since it is entire sentenc...

Author’s response to critical essays by Brian Weatherson, Alex Byrne, and Stephen Yablo on Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2

2 " The decisive movement in the conjuring trick has been made, and it was the very one we thought quite innocent "-Philosophical Investigations, § 308

Current scientific research on consciousness aims to understand how consciousness arises from the workings of the brain and body, as well as the relations between conscious experience and cognitive processing. Clearly, to make progress in these areas, researchers cannot avoid a range of conceptual issues about the nature and structure of consciousness, such as the following: What is the relatio...

The quantum-mechanical description of the world, including human observers, makes substantial use of entanglement. In order to understand this, we need to adopt concepts of truth, probability and time which are unfamiliar in modern scientific thought. There are two kinds of statements about the world: those made from inside the world, and those from outside. The conflict between contradictory s...

In recent years, diversity, whether it be ecological, biological, cultural, or linguistic diversity, has emerged as a major cultural value. This paper analyzes whether a single concept of diversity can underwrite discussions of diversity in different disciplines. More importantly, it analyzes the normative justification for the endorsement of diversity as a goal in all contexts. It concludes th...

AT a public meeting of the Royal Medical Society at Paris, on the 13th of March 1783, the premium of 1200 livres offered by the fociety in 1778 for the beft difiertation on the treatment of hydrophobia, was divided between three of the candidates; one of theie, M. le Roux, furgeon-major to the General Hofpital at Dijon, whofe effay was fuppofed to have the moft merit, though not enough to entit...