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Conniving With Continuations: Representing Goals in a Domain‐Specific Language of Thought
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Wanting composes flexibly with knowing: we can want to know, want to know what someone wants, and so on. In this paper, we develop a goal representation that allows for this type of rich integration between goals and other theory‐of‐mind concepts.
Kartik Chandra +3 more
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Observations of comet C/1652 Y1 recorded in Korean histories
Open AstronomyWe report the Korean records for comet C/1652 Y1, which have not been introduced in previous studies on historical comets. According to Korean historical documents, this comet, described as bai xing (white star, in literal) or ke xing (guest star, in ...
Bahk Uhn Mee +3 more
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The Polish Marco Polo – Explorer of Zhōngguó
PolitejaThe failed diplomatic mission of Michael Boym is still a little-known episode. Nevertheless, Boym’s legacy goes beyond his missionary and political activities.
Krzysztof Kościelniak
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"A Good Reder": the middle English Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, instruction, publics, and manuscripts [PDF]
, 2006 The present work is a study of the Middle English prose text known as The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy, a consideration of its transmission and reception history, and a survey of its manuscript witnesses; it also incorporates an edition of the ...
Griffin, Carrie
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The representativeness threshold for the CETA subcorpus of the Coruña Corpus
Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 2021 The concept of representativeness is the main distinguishing characteristic of specialised corpora in comparison to other sets of texts. The Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing currently comprises four published subcorpora (astronomy, life ...
Elena Alfaya-Lamas +1 more
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Homo Memorabiliaxis: Souvenirs and the Evolution of Autobiographical Memory and Self
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT Humans routinely keep souvenirs objects retained for the memories they evoke, yet the evolutionary and cognitive consequences of mnemonic collecting remain unclear. Existing discussions of curated objects concentrate on later prehistory and modern humans and view such objects at the social level, as carriers of shared cultural meaning or as ...
Ran Barkai +5 more
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Minnaert's Folly: A forgotten teaching observatory from the 1960s
, 2019 A deserted tower at the Uithof Campus of Utrecht University used to be an astronomical observatory, purpose-built for Marcel Minnaert’s famous undergraduate course in practical astronomy. The tower, which was opened in 1964, has hardly been used, however.
Baneke, D.M. +2 more
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Building a Continental‐Scale Geodetic Network: The Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2026.Abstract The Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) transformed the use of geodesy in North America to study crustal deformation and plate boundary processes by establishing a continental‐scale, standardized, open‐access geodetic network. Built and operated by UNAVCO between 2003 and 2018 as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)‐funded EarthScope ...
Emily E. Zawacki +5 more
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The depth of th jeavens-belief and knowledge during 2500 years
, 2003 history and philosophy of astronomy- astrometry- cosmology: distance ...
Høg, E.
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Zygon, 2000 Iconographic imagery in the Indo‐Tibetan Buddhist Tantric (i.e., Vajrayāna) tradition is replete with polymorphic symbolic forms. Tantric texts themselves are multivalent, addressing astronomy, astrology, cosmology, history, embryology, physiology ...
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