The Diagnosis and classification of periodontal diseases has remained a dilemma since long. Two distinct concepts have been used to define diseases: Essentialism and Nominalism. Essentialistic concept implies the real existence of disease whereas; nominalistic concept states that the names of diseases are the convenient way of stating concisely the endpoint of a diagnostic process. It generally...

This book provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the disciplines of philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of logic. After an introduction, the bookbegins with a historical section, consisting of a chapter on the modern period, Kant and hisintellectual predecessors, a chapter on later empiricism, including Mill and logicalpositivism, and a chapter on Wittgenstein. The n...

This paper inquires about the defensibility of spiritual faith in this Nominalistic age, i.e., an age when all reality is reduced to scientifically ascertainable matter and realities are deemed be irreal. worldview was developed late Middle Ages became one major presuppositions Modernity. It has made it ever more difficult defend legitimacy its objects. also played important, albeit seldom reco...

According to Chad Hansen’s “mass noun hypothesis,” the semantics of Classical Chinese nouns is similar to that of English mass nouns, and this helps to explain why ancient Chinese theories of language are nominalist. Mass nouns, Hansen suggests, are most naturally interpreted as denoting mereological wholes, a construal that intuitively tends to motivate a nominalist theory of language. The pap...

Data-driven learning analytics (LA) exploits artificial intelligence, data-mining, and emerging technologies, rapidly expanding the collection uses of learner data. Considerations potential harm ethical implications have not kept pace, raising concerns about privacy issues (Holstein & Doroudi, 2019; Prinsloo Slade, 2018). This empirical study contributes to a growing critical conversation o...

Methodological questions concerning Chomsky’s generative approach to linguistics have been debated without consensus. The status of linguistics as psychology, the psychological reality of grammars, the character of tacit knowledge and the role of intuitions as data remain heatedly disputed today. I argue that the recalcitrance of these disputes is symptomatic of deep misunderstandings. I focus ...

This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of e-school system application by meta synthesis method. The paradigm this research, which was carried out in qualitative approach, is interpretive based on philosophy nominalism. Qualitative studies conducted between 2010-2022 system, selected criterion sampling, one purposive sampling methods, were included research. For purpose, order reac...

The article aims to describe the institution of pecuniary performance in Polish civil law system, taking into account EU regulations and case Supreme Court. Due its importance for transactions, is regulated separately both at level general specific regulations. These are contained Civil Code special laws, including those relating bank agreements. In particular, Act recognizes nominalism as basi...

Based on cross-dated increment cores, yearly diameters of trees were reconstructed for 21 laurels (Cordia alliodora) growing in a natural secondary forest on Gigante Peninsula, Panama. From this sample of dominant-codominant trees, ages were 14–35 years with an average of 25 years. Growth typically slowed at 7 years old, indicating effects of competition from closure of gaps in the canopy. Rate...

Realists regarding scientific knowledge – those who think that our best scientific representations truly describe both observable and unobservable aspects of the natural world – have special need of a notion of approximate truth. Since theories and models are rarely considered true simpliciter, the realist requires some means of making sense of the claim that they may be false and yet close to ...