Abstract Are interpersonal comparisons of desire possible? Can we give an account how facts about desires are grounded that underpins such comparisons? This paper supposes the answer to first question is yes, and provides nature explains this so. The a modification interpretationist metaphysics representation author has recently been developing. allow phenomenological affective valence into “ba...

Objective: Among a representative sample of married women in the capital of Iran, Tehran, we aimed to determine the association of self-reported sexual desire with (1) Self-reported attachment styles (2) Self-reported marital satisfaction (3) Self-reported sex guilt. Methods: The data were obtained from a total of 192 married Iranian women who were selected via multi-cluster sampling method ...

a bstract background:  during the menopausal period, sexual desire may decrease. therefore, restoring the sexual desire may help to  improve sexual functioning in this group of women. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of ginkgo biloba  extract (gbe) on sexual desire in postmenopausal women.           materials and methods:  in this triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled tria...

I want to discuss a certain argument for the claim that definite descriptions are ambiguous between a Russellian quantificational interpretation and a predicational interpretation.1 The argument is found in James McCawley’s (1981) book Everything Linguists Have Always Wanted to Know about Logic (but were ashamed to ask). The argument has also been resuscitated by Richard Larson and Gabriel Sega...

Communication provides an access to a huge amount of information. By communication one may largely surpass the knowledge individually acquired by benefiting from the knowledge acquired by others. However, communication entails a risk of manipulation. Our speaker may want us to act in such way that will satisfy his desires. In particular, he may voluntarily provide us with misleading information...