the aim of the present paper is to sbo» that anti-realism in science, 1vhich has a1;guab/y become more fashionable in recentyears, contrary to tuha: its proponents assert, cannot make use of quantum mechanics and its impressiue achievements as a frump card in justifying its claims. i will argue that scientific anti-realism far from providing scientific communiry with a progressive methodologica...

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on multiple focus configurations, that is, structures containing two nested focus-sensitive operators plus two foci supposed to associate with those operators. There has been controversial discussion in the semantic literature regarding whether or not an interpretation is acceptable that corresponds to this association. While the data are...

Positive and negative features of the Copenhagen interpretation are discussed. As positive features can be mentioned its pragmatism and its awareness of the crucial role of measurement. However, the main part of the contribution is devoted to the negative features, to wit, its pragmatism (once again), its confounding of preparation and measurement, its classical account of measurement, its comp...

Over the past several years, Ukraine has frequently affirmed that its foreign policy goal is to join ‘all European and Euro-Atlantic structures with priority given to the European Union’, but it was not until June 1998 that Ukraine officially stated its foreign and security policy goal of integration into the EU. Since this time Ukrainian officials have sought to convince their European counter...

This article examines the implications of both individual and collective dimensions of the right to self-identify and reappraises the key challenges to its realisation. The article argues that the status of the right to self-identify as a fundamental right remains unclear, over a quarter of a century after its inclusion in the CSCE/OSCE Copenhagen Document in 1990. The article starts by revisit...

The Copenhagen interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics formulated mainly by Niels Bohr and also Werner Heisenberg while collaborating in Copenhagen. According to a poll in 1997, the Copenhagen interpretation is the most widely-accepted interpretation of quantum mechanics [1] and it was the first general attempt to understand the world of atoms. Since Copenhagen Interpretation w...