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Winged horses, rascals and discourse referents

Theoria, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper discusses some remarks Kaplan made in ‘Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice’ concerning empty names. I show how his objections to a particular view involving descriptions derived from Ramsification can be avoided by a nearby alternative framed in terms of discourse reference.
Andreas Stokke
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Coleophora cytisicolella</i> sp. nov., a new species (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), from Austria and Hungary bred from <i>Chamaecytisus austriacus</i>. [PDF]

Zookeys
Takács AS, Stark W, Szabóky C, Bozsó M, Kőszegi K, Lendvai G, Richter I, Sramkó G, Jordán S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Turing Test as a Sceptical Scenario

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Turing test is usually seen as an operationalisation of the question whether machines can think. In this paper, my aim is to show that by understanding the test in this way, one ends up in scepticism about the existence of minds in general. By focusing on whether some particular machine can pass the test, or whether it can be said to be an
Marvin Tritschler
wiley   +1 more source

Nebesna sotnia gen. & sp. nov. from Baltic amber supports a Pangean distribution of the amphinotic family Ameletopsidae (Ephemeroptera). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Godunko RJ, Martynov AV, Damzen J, Staniczek AH.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Play in Cognitive Development: From Rational Constructivism to Predictive Processing

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is widely believed that play and curiosity are key ingredients as children develop models of the world. There is also an emerging consensus that children are Bayesian learners who combine their structured prior beliefs with estimations of the likelihood of new evidence to infer the most probable model of the world.
Marc M. Andersen, Julian Kiverstein
wiley   +1 more source

New species of <i>Papuanatula</i> Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty, 1999 from New Guinea (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) with focus on Batanta Island. [PDF]

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Kaltenbach T, Kovács T, Gattolliat JL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
wiley   +1 more source

A new hygropetric genus of Heptageniidae from southern China (Insecta, Ephemeroptera). [PDF]

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Deng M, Zheng X, Gong D, Zhou C.
europepmc   +1 more source

“The Future Is Ancestral”: The Environmental Cuir Utopias of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Argentinian author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara identifies as a “socio‐environmentalist and writer” and has been actively involved in the feminist movement #NiUnaMenos since 2015, alongside her growing engagement with environmental activism. She advocates for Indigenous land rights, water accessibility, and challenges offshore petroleum extraction ...
Victoria Jara
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative Horizons: Deliberate Derangement in Oceanic Climate Fiction

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Although we live in the Anthropocene—the geological age of humankind, wherein humans have measurably impacted the biosphere—we struggle to narrate the Anthropocene. In particular, we struggle to give narrative shape to its foremost feature: anthropogenic climate change.
Mark Celeste
wiley   +1 more source