This article was prepared with the support of a grant from the State Justice Institute (No. SJI-01-N-123). The points of view expressed do not necessarily represent the official position of policies of the State Justice Institute. Appreciation is extended to Mary De Carlo, program manager at the State Justice Institute. Several other individuals provided helpful comments on drafts of this essay...

our problem in this article is ibn miskawayh’s analysis of the nature of happiness, and its methodology is descriptive- analytic. ibn miskawayh considers happiness as “good” and “perfection” with respect to their holders; so, he establishes some inseparability between happiness, and good and perfection. ibn miskawayh has two definitions for the concept of good. he divides this conception into s...

I here recall Ryle's analysis of Heterologicality, but broaden the discussion to comparable analyses not only of Heterologicality but also other puzzles about self-reference. Such matters have a crucial bearing on the debate between representational and non-representational theories of mind, as will be explained. 1 [1] The most remarkable thing about the so-called Heterologicality Paradox is th...

J. Michael McGinnis, National Academy of Medicine; Donald M. Berwick, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, The Daschle Group; Angela Diaz, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine; Harvey V. Fineberg, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; The Honorable William H. Frist, Vanderbilt University; Atul Gawande, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Neal Halfon, University of Calif...

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, and pursuant to clause 5(a)(4)(A) of rule X, the Chair announces that the Speaker named the following Members of the House to be available to serve on investigation subcommittees of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for the 107th Congress: Mr. GEKAS of Pennsylvania; Mr. CHABOT of Ohio; Mr. LATOURETTE of Ohio; Mr. SHADEGG of Arizona; Mr. W...