Those who are optimistic about the prospects of a science of consciousness, and those who believe that it lies beyond the reach of standard scientific methods, have something in common: both groups view consciousness as posing a special challenge for science. In this paper, we take a close look at the nature of this challenge. We show that popular conceptions of the problem of consciousness, ep...

The choice of the mathematical form of spatial correlation functions for optical fields is restricted by the constraint of nonnegative definiteness. We discuss a sufficient condition for ensuring the satisfaction of such a constraint.

Abstract EU institutions have argued on several occasions that national and citizenship should not be awarded without any genuine link with the Member State concerned. Some scholars adopted same position, justifying their position referring to requirement established by International Court of Justice in Nottebohm . This has prompted criticism from legal scholars, who point out was wrong as a ma...

Objective: Self-harming behavior is a major clinical issue in adolescence. Childhood trauma, emotion dysregulation, and self-criticism are the main concerns associated with self-harming behavior. In this study, we investigated the relationship between childhood trauma, emotion dysregulation, and self-criticism with self-harming behaviors among adolescents in Iran. Methods: A sample of 558 (263...

The purpose of this exploratory study was to cross-culturally examine associations among self-construals, comparative vs. internalized self-criticisms, self-compassion, and depressive symptoms. 1200 undergraduates in the city of Kyoto, Japan, and 420 college students in Tennessee and Michigan participated in this study. The results indicated that both independent and interdependent self-constru...

Authors often convey meaning by referring to or imitating prior works of literature, a process that creates complex networks of literary relationships ("intertextuality") and contributes to cultural evolution. In this paper, we use techniques from stylometry and machine learning to address subjective literary critical questions about Latin literature, a corpus marked by an extraordinary concent...

Translation has a rich history in Ottoman and Turkish literature, study of transmesis transfiction great potentials for analyzing the praxis pragmatics translation Turkey. This focuses on translational action mirror fiction with case novel Mütercim (2013) [Translator] by Alper Gürkan. Investigating both as performance (i.e., text) an experience agency), analysis is constructed upon four categor...