Since its publication more than twenty years ago, Barry Stroud’s The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism has been widely read and discussed by philosophers who are interested in skepticism about our knowledge of the external world.1 Some of his later writings on the topic (such as Stroud (1989) and (1994)) are considered essential reading too. This does not, however, mean that what Stroud ...

the islamic astronomy including the persian astronomy was thoroughly introduced into india from the 14th century ad or so. firstly, the astrolabe was introduced at the time of f?r?z sh?h tughluk?, and a sanskrit work entitled yantra-r?ja (1370 ad) was composed by mahendra s?ri. at that time, some sanskrit astronomical (or astrological) works were also translated into persian. the astrolabe beca...

Barakat syndrome (also known as HDR syndrome) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness, and renal disease caused by mutation of the GATA3 gene located at chromosome 10p15. The exact prevalence of this disorder is not known but is very rare, with only about a dozen cases reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of 58-year-old man fro...

Classical and Connectionist theories of cognitive architecture “explain” systematicity, whereby the capacity for some cognitive behaviors is intrinsically linked to the capacity for others, as a consequence of syntactically and functionally combinatorial representations, respectively. However, both theories depend on ad hoc assumptions to exclude specific architectures—grammars, or Connectionis...