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Resilience and Sorites in the Normative Domain and Beyond

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sorites paradox is central to theories on vagueness, which aim to explain apparent contradictions. Some theories, however, imply sharp cut‐offs where we would, intuitively, not expect them. This paper invokes the notion of normative resilience to address this issue.
Henrik Andersson, Jakob Werkmäster
wiley   +1 more source

Conditionals and KK

Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 371-384, June 2026.
Abstract In this paper, we explore the tension between the KK thesis and an attractive principle concerning the assertability of conditionals. We explore the prospects for defending the KK thesis against the problems posed, and conclude that they are dim.
John Hawthorne, Yoaav Isaacs
wiley   +1 more source

Deontic ‘cocktail’ according to E. Mally’s receipt [PDF]

, 2013
In 1926, Ernst Mally, an Austrian logician, has introduced a system of deontic logic in which he has proposed three fundamental distinctions which proved to be important in the context of the further development of the logic of norms.
Elena, Lisanyuk
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A controlled language for the specification of contracts [PDF]

, 2010
Controlled natural languages have been used to enable the direct translation from natural language specifications into a formal description. In this paper we make a case for such an approach to write contracts, and translating into a temporal deontic ...
Pace, Gordon J., Rosner, Michael, Workshop on Controlled Natural Language, CNL 2009   +2 more
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Analytic philosophy for biomedical research: the imperative of applying yesterday's timeless messages to today's impasses [PDF]

, 2020
The mantra that "the best way to predict the future is to invent it" (attributed to the computer scientist Alan Kay) exemplifies some of the expectations from the technical and innovative sides of biomedical research at present.
A Armiento, A Gare, A Hilfinger, A Karmon, A Lin, A Ross-Gillespie, A Sekikawa, A Zuniga, AA Thompson, AC Oates, AD Asatryan, AI Tauber, AL Byrd, AM Hosios, AM Jaeger, AP Monaco, B Berger, B Rehermann, BP Abbott, BW O’Malley, C Glymour, C Kadelka, C Willyard, CA Tulk, CN Bagot, Collaboration Open Science, CT Walsh, D Reker, D Wallach, DC Clary, DJ Depew, DJ Nicholson, DP Norris, DY Gouvêa, E Bizzi, E Del Soldato, E Piskounova, E Toprak, Editors, EJ Louis, F Davidoff, F Leigh, F Rohwer, FE Abbot, GJ Romanes, GJ Toomer, GM Bodner, GM Brodeur, H Braak, H Ledford, H Varmus, HB Frieboes, HJ Anders, HL Van Epps, HM Lopez, HS Chung, I Brigandt, IL Markov, IM Lonie, J Couzin-Frankel, J Dong, J Elf, J Greene, J Gunawardena, J Gunawardena, J Lister, J Manchak, J Odenbaugh, J Raspopovic, J Su, JA Barnett, JC Cardwell, JE Allen, JF Fisher, JH Woodger, JI Seeman, JJ McNeil, JM Barry, JM Tanner, JN Weiss, JP Capp, JP Robinson, JRA, JS Steffan, JT Leek, K Arney, K Lewis, K Neupane, K Servick, K Shrinivas, KT Smith, L Tadrist, LA DiMeglio, LA Hug, M Baym, M Buchanan, M Delling, M Friedman, M Greaves, M Kramer, M Levin, M Nei, M Niepel, M Pigliucci, M Schaapveld, M Thamer, MA McCormick, MB Everaert, MC Marchetti, MD Hauser, ME Feder, N Chomsky, N Chomsky, N Yang, N Yucel, NQ Balaban, OR Jones, P Bauer, P Griffiths, P Lieshout, P McNamara, P Robustelli, Plato, PN Singer, Q Justman, Q Zhong, R Chatterjee, R Chen, R Gregory, R Kolter, R Losick, R MacCoun, R Scholl, RC Berwick, RC Lewontin, RJ Britten, RL Wasserstein, RM Nesse, RV Christie, RZ Moger-Reischer, S Bartley, S Cukierman, S Gordon, S Kannan, S Kryazhimskiy, S Ling, S Smit, S Uphoff, S Wong, SA Hoption Cann, SH Orzack, SJ Biller, SJ Diede, SM Connell, SM Fleming, SM Mozaffari, TA Carey, TE Kottke, TG Nakashige, V Lazar, W Shou, W Szybalski, WD Casebeer, X Wei, XS Xie, Y Hatwalne, YE Nikiforov   +166 more
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Beyond Normativity

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 2, Page 379-391, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a growing number of philosophers come to defend normative nihilism. Even if their arguments do not induce in many a belief in normative nihilism, there may be grounds on which to be less than certain about the falsity of normative nihilism.
Lewis Williams
wiley   +1 more source

A Paradox of Inferentialism [PDF]

, 2015
John McDowell articulated a radical criticism of normative inferentialism against Robert Brandom’s expressivist account of conceptual contents. One of his main concerns consists in vindicating a notion of intentionality that could not be reduced to the ...
Turbanti, Giacomo
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Automatic conflict detection on contracts [PDF]

, 2009
Partially supported by the Nordunet3 project COSoDIS: “Contract-Oriented Software Development for Internet Services”.Many software applications are based on collaborating, yet competing, agents or virtual organisations exchanging services.
6th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing, ICTAC 2009, Fenech, Stephen, Pace, Gordon J., Schneider, Gerardo   +3 more
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Creating a Female Space Within Neo‐Nazi Movements: The British Movement's Women's Section in Flintshire

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT In September 1976, British Tidings, a publication of the Neo‐Nazi political organisation, BM, announced they were to begin a women's division. Their Headquarter was based in Queensferry, Flintshire, North Wales; on the cusp of the English border.
Katherine Niamh McCoubrey
wiley   +1 more source

Os Paradoxos de Prior e o Cálculo Proposicional Deôntico Relevante Eo

Princípios, 2010
Normative fragment of natural language make up sentences that express acts and describe norms. In this fragment there are criteria of logic thuth and relation of consequence between sentences which constitute a natural deontic logic. This paper adopts at
Ângela Maria Paiva Cruz
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