Peter Singer, in his essay "Utilitarianism and Vegetarianism" (Philosoohv and Public Affairs, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 325-37),1 has gone some distance toward clarifying his view of the utilitarian case for the ob­ ligation to be vegetarian. The fact that this clearer statement of his position was prompted, at least in part, by an essay of mine ("Utilitarianism, Vegetarianism, and Animal Rights," Phi...

This can mean that it was not the first time that he had forgotten her name, or it can mean that he had learned her name and then forgotten it. In the first case, the entire process that is partly described by is repeated. In the second case, it may well have been the first time that he forgot it; but an earlier state – a state in which her name was not present to him – is ...

The question of the possible influence number views / downloads scientific articles from journal websites, as well their mentions in social networks on subsequent citations these publications is considered. In particular, an analysis some such correlations carried out example 39 Russian translated journals biological orientation distributed by Springer Nature publishing house. Data 2019–2021 wa...

Headedness is an intriguing feature of language design. On the one hand, headedness manifests itself very clearly; preposed relative clauses are visibly different from postposed ones, and postpositions are easily distinguished from prepositions. More generally, structural heads (the constituents which determine the category of their phrase) either precede or follow their dependents. On the othe...

For the past 40 years, researchers studied the relationship between mental disorder and terrorist involvement. The literature developed in 4 paradigms, each of which differs in terms of their empirical evidence, the specific mental disorders studied, and their conceptualizations of terrorist involvement. These paradigms have not, however, witnessed linear and incremental improvements upon 1 ano...