Given quasi-realism, the claim is that any attempt to naturalise modal epistemology would leave out absolute necessity. The reason, according Simon Blackburn, we cannot offer an empirical psychological explanation for why take truth be absolutely necessary, lest lose right regard it as necessary. In this article, I argue not only can such explanation, but also will come with a forfeiture of inv...

This paper examines the paradox of revisability. This paradox was proposed by Jerrold Katz as a problem for Quinean naturalised epistemology. Katz employs diagonalisation to demonstrate what he takes to be an inconsistency in the constitutive principles of Quine’s epistemology. Specifically, the problem seems to rest with the principle of universal revisability which states that no statement is...

The genus Vitis is represented by several coexisting species in Europe. Our study focuses on naturalised rootstocks that originate in viticulture. The consequences of their presence to the landscape and to native European species (Vitis vinifera ssp. silvestris) are evaluated. This study compares ecological traits (seven qualitative and quantitative descriptors) and the genetic diversity (10 SS...

Design has usually been linked to art and applied in scenarios related everyday life. Even when design has, on occasion, made its way into the world of academia, it always closely At last, however, idea reached field epistemology: an area within very heart philosophy that focused, theory, foundations knowledge. Consequently, is being studied from different approaches interested foundation knowl...

The naturalised European blackbird (Turdus merula) is the most widely distributed avian seed disperser in New Zealand. Together with the native silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) they are the major seed dispersers over large areas of New Zealand. I review the international literature on aspects of the ecology and behaviour of blackbirds relevant to their potential for dispersing weeds in New Zeala...

Naturalised, but not yet invasive plants, pose a nascent threat to biodiversity. As climate regimes continue to change, it is likely that a new suite of invaders will emerge from the established pool of naturalised plants. Pre-emptive management of locations that may be most suitable for a large number of potentially invasive plants will help to target monitoring, and is vital for effective con...

Distribution Th e European fl at oyster, Ostrea edulis, a native of Europe, occurs naturally from Norway to Morocco in the North-Eastern Atlantic and in the whole Mediterranean Basin (Fig.1) (1). It has been a harvested species for at least 6000 years. Natural populations are also observed in eastern North America, from Maine to Rhode Island, following intentional introductions in the 1940s and...

Issues of methodology are central to the philosophy moral progress. However, idea that effective methodology, as well being instrumental progress, might also constitute progress has not been adequately explored. This paper will critically assess merits this – what I call ‘pure proceduralism about progress’ taking Philip Kitcher's recent theory ‘democratic contractualism’ (2021) a test case. An ...

The active and discursive nature of material culture is the subject this paper. It will, however, be approached from point view typology in particular debate about 'Swedish Typology’ (Gräslund 1974). Typology probably archaeological method or theory through which discipline has most explicitly stated its on object. Inspired by idea naturalised epistemology as basis for understanding how knowled...

With around five million people accessing anti-retroviral treatment, which significantly reduces mortality and extends life, the HIV pandemic now exists in a context of treatment possibility, if not access. This paper discusses ways in which the pandemic is becoming naturalised through medicalisation, normalisation and marketisation, and how these processes undermine themselves internally. The ...