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Impossibility and Impossible Worlds [PDF]
, 2020 Possible worlds have found many applications in contemporary philosophy: from theories of possibility and necessity, to accounts of conditionals, to theories of mental and linguistic content, to understanding supervenience relationships, to theories of ...
Nolan, Daniel
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Tra erudizione ed intelligence : John C. Lawson e Francis B. Welch, Cipro 1899
Pallas, 2015 Among the few direct and first-hand evidences discussed by John Cuthbert Lawson (1874-1935) in his monumental Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion (1910), one can find an intriguing legend on werewolves attested in Cyprus.While he mentions ...
Luca Bombardieri, Tommaso Braccini
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As a rapidly evolving sub‐field of computer‐assisted language learning, informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has become a significant catalyst for linguistic, affective, and pedagogical development among English as a second language (L2) learners.
Yue Zhang
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Howling (and Bleeding) at the Moon: Menstruation, Monstrosity and the Double in the \u3ci\u3eGinger Snaps\u3c/i\u3e Werewolf Trilogy [PDF]
, 2008 In this essay, I explore the radical reframing of the traditional werewolf narrative with respect to the figure of the double and the abject female body in the Ginger Snaps werewolf trilogy. Notable theorists discussed herein include Barbara Creed, Carol
Flaherty, Erin M.
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Exploring the uncertain relationship between lunar phases and human sleep duration and quality: A narrative literature review [PDF]
, 2020 The moon’s influence on human behavior has been the subject of speculation for a large portion of history. A whole host of physiological and psychological disorders were collectively explained away by lunacy or madness until the advent of modern science ...
Skrobul, Nicholas
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Postmodern Red Riding Hood: Bella Swan in Twilight Series [PDF]
, 2019 Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series presents its protagonist Bella Swan in a fairy tale-like world where she is surrounded with vampires and werewolves. In this world, Bella, as a figure of the girl in the woods, displays similar characteristics with those
Ayan, Meryem, Işıl, Öteyaka
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amaranthus palmeri is one of the most troublesome invasive agricultural weeds worldwide, exhibiting super invasiveness and high resistance to conventional management strategies. Artificial microRNA‐mediated silencing technology, coupled with a nanoparticle‐mediated delivery system, represents an attractive approach for fertility control in A ...
Liyong Sun +6 more
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Book Review: The Shifter's Choice by Jenna Kernon [PDF]
, 2016 The October 2016 edition of Revenant: Studies in Transition will focus upon the theme of werewolves. The article is a book review of a Mills & Boon romantic novel from the Nocturne Series (which focuses upon paranormal romance).
Derbyshire, V.G.
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
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Principia: An International Journal of EpistemologyThere are some sentences that include expressions that refer to entities that do not exist. One example is this: Mary is in terror of werewolves. Some argue that this sentence cannot be translated into predicate logic.
Víctor Cantero-Flores
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