In this short forum piece, I respond to three of the main points Laurence Horn made in his replies to questions from Istvan Kecskes in this journal (Horn 2005a). My response will naturally (and as requested) reflect my relevance-theoretic allegiances, but I am looking as much for points of agreement and/or complementarity between Relevance Theory and Horn’s neo-Gricean framework as for divergen...

Doctors can be prone to getting lost in their own Petri dish. This is by nature and nurture. Attention to detail and perfectionism must be natural attributes of anyone who makes it through the rigours of medical school. Then as a junior doctor daily faces overwhelming demand at work, he learns to focus evermore closely on the task in hand. Beyond this, diligent study is required to pass exams a...

People appear to be biased in their predictions of the future; predicting that projects will take less time than they actually will (see Roy et al., 2005a; Buehler et al., 2010; Halkjelsvik and Jørgensen, 2012, for review) and that they will be unlikely to experience future misfortunes (see Dunning et al., 2004, for review). These biases are frequently attributed to people being overly optimist...

The word intelligent to talk about a city, building and so on, is overused today that one carefully avoids delimiting its contours. We admit the existence of varied variable intelligences based on our knowledge, requirements, necessities. Among living beings confronted with environment, some have more efficient form intelligence than others. refer three concepts as developed by Gilbert Simondon...

although some scholars view habermas as the most important philosopher and social theorist, his account of religion has been relatively neglected. in this paper, habermas’s early and later views of religion are outlined, and the change in his understanding of religion from one of the sources of modernity’s inner problems to a principal source of the passions and motivations underpinning cultura...

James Matlock’s book, Signs of Reincarnation, is a recent addition to seemingly endless stream confused or superficial works on the topic survival. Admittedly (and as one would expect), case material often genuine interest. But when Matlock tries make sense that material, he demonstrates little grasp current state debate. Even worse, seems unaware intellectually responsible strategies for chall...