Abstract The paper defends an account of the context-sensitivity norms that draws on resources counterfactual conditionals. combines two assumptions: assumption permission is rule-abiding performance in some contextually relevant situations; and situations are picked out by mechanism selects possible worlds for evaluation explains non-monotonicity permissions solves a puzzle, raised Timothy Wil...

The article examines the challenges Italian humanists faced as Greek scientific literature was gradually incorporated into their broad translation agenda during fifteenth century. accurate and interpretation of naturalia called question rhetoric-based norms underpinning humanist programme, instead re-oriented intellectual debates regarding relationship between res verba, terminological exactnes...

Development of different translation strategies in historical aspect is considered. In the beginning interpreters practiced two – word for and free translation. With growth culture science, a new type texts that contain connotative extralinguistic information appear. So, yet Renaissance translators are favor translation, which not only faithfully reproduces content original, but does violate no...

AIM Both brain tumors and their treatments have a major negative impact on the quality of life (QoL). EORTC BN20 and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain (FACT-BR) are the most commonly used tools to assess QoL. The FACT-BR is a 23-item questionnaire, especially about the psychosocial aspects of QoL. This paper describes the challenges we faced during the process of translation and val...

Multilevel interventions are inspired by socio-ecological models, and seek to create change on various levels-for example by increasing the health literacy of individuals as well as modifying the social norms within a community. Despite becoming a buzzword in public health, actual multilevel interventions remain scarce. In this commentary, we explore the operational and empirical barriers to de...

We study estimation of (semi-)inner products between two nonparametric probability distributions, given IID samples from each distribution. These products include relatively well-studied classical L and Sobolev inner products, as well as those induced by translation-invariant reproducing kernels, for which we believe our results are the first. We first propose estimators for these quantities, a...

Copy-number variation (CNV) is the most prevalent type of structural variation in the human genome. There is emerging evidence that copy-number variants (CNVs) provide a new vista on understanding susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disorders. Some challenges in the interpretation of current CNV studies include the use of overlapping samples, differing phenotypic definitions, an absence of popul...

This paper attempts to examine the underlying structure of analogical reasoning in decision making. The immediate (but not exclusive) context is the form of reasoning commonly seen as prevalent in common-law judicial decision making. Following Wittgenstein and Strawson the paper identifies the problem of the contingency of transitivity of analogical relations as a serious impediment to analogic...