in the holy quran, due to various factors, word or phrase will take different features. and this makes commentators and translators have multiple understandings from a special verse. then in the holy quran beside verses with definite meaning and implication we encounter verses that for some factors we will face various possibilities in their meaning. so that none of the commentators and pundits...

The commentators’ reflections on rulers’ residences as a manifestation of developing socio-political complexity raise some issues that require clarification. In our discussion the temporality of...

In my original review (this issue), I proposed that to understand the effects of emotion on memory accuracy, we must look beyond effects of arousal and consider the contribution of valence. In discussing this proposal, the commentators raise a number of excellent points that hone in on the question of when valence does (and does not) account for emotion's effects on memory accuracy. Though futu...

This Special Issue devoted to 'The legal regulation of nanotechnologies' draws together contributions from some of the leading commentators in their respective fields. The Special Issue canvasses some of the most pressing philosophical, ethical and regulatory questions currently being debated around the world in relation to nanotechnologies and more specifically nanomaterials. At this relativel...

In 2020, a pandemic caused by new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2, threw the world into disarray. Spreading from Hubei province in China, some commentators initially responded to it suggesting that ...

The current set of comments is remarkably robust and forthright. We found them refreshing and stimulating and strongly recommend each of them to all the readers of the original paper. The authors were well chosen by the editor to reflect the range and the subtlety of current theorizing in the relationship area, and the disagreements of the commentators with us and with each other highlight the ...

We thank the commentators for their thoughtful remarks. We have arranged our responses to the commentators thematically; within each section we start first with general comments before discussing particular statements by individual commentators. We also thank the Journal of Medical Ethics for publishing our original manuscript, the accompanying commentaries, an editorial from the Journal staff,...

I am very grateful to my commentators for their interest and their careful attention to A Theory of Sentience. It is particularly gratifying to find other philosophers attracted to the murky domain of preattentive sensory processing, an obscure place where exciting stuff happens. I can by no means answer all of their objections or counterarguments, and some of the problems noted derive from fai...