Objective: Alexithymia is increasingly recognized in a number of psychiatric disorders, but a possible relationship between alexithymia and adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been studied. It is not known if psychostimulants decrease symptoms of both ADHD and alexithymia. This relationship is examined in a small naturalistic and longitudinal study. Participants: Ten c...

Edward Feser defends the ‘Neo-Platonic proof’ for existence of God classical theism. After articulating argument and a number preliminaries, I first argue that premise three Feser’s – causal principle every composite object requires sustaining efficient cause to combine its parts is both unjustified dialectically ill-situated. then Neo-Platonic proof fails deliver mindedness absolutely simple b...

This paper explores how open-mindedness and its exercise can be social in nature. In particular, it argues that an individual regarded as open-minded even though she does not conduct all of the intellectual tasks required by herself; is, delegates some these to her epistemic peers. Thinking about such terms only opens up possibility there are different surprising ways for open-minded, but also ...

After years of neglect, Piccione and Rubinstein (1997a) re-examined the problem of imperfect recall and its implications for game theory. They introduced the notion of absent-mindedness through a decision-making problem called the absentminded driver's paradox. This simple game precipitated a vigorous discussion with different researchers having strong opinions about whether the paradox actuall...

Using cooperation in chimpanzees as a case study, this article argues that research on animal minds needs to steer a course between 'association-blindness'--the failure to consider associative learning as a candidate explanation for complex behaviour--and 'simple-mindedness'--the assumption that associative explanations trump more cognitive hypotheses. Association-blindness is challenged by the...