ternative, however, requires a clear analysis of the origins of the crisis and a consistent set of principles for its resolution. Our aim here is to question two elements of traditional Marxist theory that we believe impede the development of such an analysis. One is the notion that the logic of accumulation is set by the character of capitalist social relations alone, the role of the state bei...

Learning a new language involves significant vocabulary acquisition. Learners can accelerate this process by relying on words with native-language overlap, such as cognates. For bilingual third language learners, it is necessary to determine how their two existing languages interact during novel language learning. A scaffolding account predicts transfer from either language for individual words...

Mortality and reproduction are intimately entwined in the study of aging and longevity. I apply the modern theory of complex adaptive systems (nonlinear, stochastic, dynamic methods) to questions of aging and longevity. I begin by highlighting major questions that must be answered in order to obtain a deeper understanding of aging. These are: (i) What should (in an evolutionary sense) mortality...

In this article we advance a distinctly relational view of negotiation. We delineate the conditions through which relational self-construals (RSC) become accessible in negotiations and the conditions that inhibit their use, and we illustrate mechanisms through which RSC affects negotiation processes and outcomes. We introduce four relational dynamics—arelational trading, relational satisficing,...

Is senescence the adaptive result of tradeoffs between younger and older ages or the nonadaptive burden of deleterious mutations that act at older ages? To shed new light on this unresolved question we combine adaptive and nonadaptive processes in a single model. Our model uses Penna's bit-strings to capture different age-specific mutational patterns. Each pattern represents a genotype and for ...

We propose a framework for modelling knowledge accumulation and discoveries. We draw a distinction between novel (original) pieces of knowledge and pieces of knowledge which are deducible from existing knowledge or past discoveries. We show that every deducible piece of knowledge is associated with a unique set of discoveries such that each discovery in this set is indispensable in deducing thi...