If human language must be squeezed through a narrow cognitive bottleneck, what are the implications for language processing, acquisition, change, and structure? In our target article, we suggested that the implications are far-reaching and form the basis of an integrated account of many apparently unconnected aspects of language and language processing, as well as suggesting revision of many ex...

This paper surveys and brings some order to the broad set of charges that commentators have begun to levy against data mining, all expressed in the language of discrimination. It maps the myriad kinds of discrimination ascribed to data mining, clarifies the precise mechanisms the commentators see as giving rise to these objectionable forms of discrimination, and specifies the principles or poli...

the main condition for the realization of prophethood is the infallibility (ismah) of the chosen person; this idea is considered necessary in the viewpoint of the holy quran too. in proving the infallibility of prophets, in addition to rational (‘qli) reasons, narrative (naqli) reasons are also used. the subsequent matter in the field of infallibility is investigating the view of religious teac...