I outline and consider the prospects for an account of causation suitable for a metaphysics of dispositions. Such an account suggests that causes are conditionally sufficient (rather than necessary) for their effects. I consider what semantics for subjunctive and counterfactual conditionals this requires, and examine the consequences for making a distinction between causes and mere conditions a...

objective(s):there is much evidence indicating that depression is influenced by the levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, gaba and adrenaline. the current study we designed to investigate the effect of exposure of pregnant rats to different colors on neurotransmitters level, as indicators of mood disorders in off springs. materials and methods:five groups of pregnant female wistar rats ...

No português brasileiro, o imperativo de 2ª pessoa do singular expressa-se modo variável por meio formas indicativo ( deixa/recebe/abre ) e subjuntivo deixe/receba/abra (FARACO, 1982; PAREDES SILVA et al. , 2000; SCHERRE, 2007; RUMEU, 2016; CARVALHO, 2020). Neste artigo, a partir cartas mineiras oitocentistas novecentistas autógrafas, mapeia-se um conjunto dados imperativas, com objetivo explor...

Evidential and Causal Decision Theory are the leading contenders as theories of rational action, but both face fatal counterexamples. We present some new counterexamples, including one in which the optimal action is causally dominated. We also present a novel decision theory, Functional Decision Theory (fdt), which simultaneously solves both sets of counterexamples. Instead of considering which...

Previous studies have analyzed variable use of the infinitive versus the subjunctive in clauses following the preposition para (‘for, in order to’) in Spanish in terms of discourse, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic factors. However, no study has analyzed this phenomenon according to extralinguistic factors, nor determined which linguistic factors are the most significant predictors of this va...