The Ontogeny of Quine’s Ontology

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-146
Author(s):  
Greg Frost-Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Theoretical Virtue ◽  
New Hypothesis

Quine’s philosophical views did not emerge fully formed in the 1930s; rather, they changed over the seven decades he was philosophically active. This chapter investigates two episodes in Quine’s ontological development: his engagement with Pythagoreanism (an Appendix with new primary sources is included), and his conversion from nominalism to Platonism about mathematics. These two topics might seem completely distinct. However, although they could conceivably be treated separately, this chapter treats them together by considering the role clarity plays in both these episodes. Quine’s changing views about the theoretical virtue of clarity, and which particular things are clear and which are not, help explain his ontological development. In particular, the chapter offers a new hypothesis about the causes of Quine’s conversion from nominalism to realism, in which his views about clarity play an essential role.

Confronting Bias and Identifying Facts: Teaching Resistance Through Shakespeare

2019 ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
Carla Della Gatta
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Renaissance Literature ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Theatrical Film ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Editing

This chapter foregrounds the essential role of critical analysis in an era when facts, feelings, opinions, news, and propaganda have become increasingly hard to disambiguate. Carla Della Gatta explains that Shakespeareans are in an excellent position to help students navigate this terrain, thanks to our field’s “lengthy, cross-cultural, and international history of determining, disputing, and reinterpreting facts,” a habit that can be put to especial use in identifying various modes of misinformation and bias. This chapter relates exercises in introductory scholarly editing and comparative theatrical/film analyses that enable students to be makers, not just consumers, of knowledge. Putting primary sources directly in students’ hands empowers them to apply rigorous analysis, solve interpretive problems, and hone their confidence in questioning established authority and venerated “facts.” The payoffs span from the understanding of Renaissance literature to informed encounters with “fake news,” biased sources, or unresearched content.

Some Reflections on the First Muslim Visitor to Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Harry Morris
Keyword(s):  
High Probability ◽  
Research Note ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
New Hypothesis

This research note explores the biography and visit of the first Muslim visitor to Japan. This figure known as Sādōulǔdīng 撒都魯丁 visited Japan as part of a Mongol envoy in 1275CE, which ultimately ended in his execution in the country. Very little research has been conducted on Sādōulǔdīng, and therefore this note begins by evaluating relevant primary sources in order to assess what information can be garnered about this figure and his visit. Hitherto most scholars have suggested that Sādōulǔdīng was either a Uyghur or an Arab. This note, on the other hand, offers a new hypothesis; namely that there is a high probability that Sādōulǔdīng was of Persian ancestry. In the final part of the note, some thoughts on the significance of his visit to Japan both historically and contemporarily are presented.

scholarly journals Some Reflections on the First Muslim Visitor to Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Harry Morris
Keyword(s):  
High Probability ◽  
Research Note ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
New Hypothesis

This research note explores the biography and visit of the first Muslim visitor to Japan. This figure known as Sādōulǔdīng 撒都魯丁 visited Japan as part of a Mongol envoy in 1275CE, which ultimately ended in his execution in the country. Very little research has been conducted on Sādōulǔdīng, and therefore this note begins by evaluating relevant primary sources in order to assess what information can be garnered about this figure and his visit. Hitherto most scholars have suggested that Sādōulǔdīng was either a Uyghur or an Arab. This note, on the other hand, offers a new hypothesis; namely that there is a high probability that Sādōulǔdīng was of Persian ancestry. In the final part of the note, some thoughts on the significance of his visit to Japan both historically and contemporarily are presented.

Faint Hα Emission in the Corona and Its Relation to the Prominences

1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 339-342
Author(s):  
V. N. Dermendjiev ◽  
Z. Mouradian ◽  
J.- L. Leroy ◽  
P. Duchlev
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Corona ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Hα Emission

AbstractThe relation between episodically observed in the solar corona faint Hαemission structures and the long lived prominences was studied. Particular consideration was given for cases in which the corresponding prominences had undergone DB process. An MHD interpretation of the phenomenon “emissions froides” (cool emission) is proposed in which an essential role plays the prominence supporting magnetic field.

Freeze-fracture observations on changes in the distribution of Filipin-sterol complexes during epididymal maturation and capacitation of boar spermatozoa

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-91
Author(s):  
N. Seki ◽  
Y. Toyama ◽  
T. Nagano
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Final Concentration ◽  
Freeze Fracturing ◽  
Physiological Conditions ◽  
Epididymal Maturation ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
Sperm Membrane ◽  
Boar Spermatozoa

It is believed that i ntramembra.nous sterols play an essential role in membrane stability and permeability. To investigate the distribution changes of sterols in sperm membrane during epididymal maturation and capacitation, filipin has been used as a cytochemical probe for the detection for membrane sterols. Using this technique in combination with freeze fracturing, we examined the boar spermatozoa under various physiological conditions.The spermatozoa were collected from: 1) caput, corpus and cauda epididymides, 2) sperm rich fraction of ejaculates, and 3)the uterus 2hr after natural coition. They were fixed with 2.5% glutaraldehyde in 0.05M cacodylate buffer (pH 7.4), and treated with the filipin solution (final concentration : 0.02.0.05%) for 24hr at 4°C with constant agitation. After the filipin treatment, replicas were made by conventional freeze-fracture technique. The density of filipin-sterol complexes (FSCs) was determined in the E face of the plasma membrane of head regions.

An essential role for N-WASP, but not Cdc42, in EPEC induced pedestal formation

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A126-A126
Author(s):  
F TAKESHIMA ◽  
T SHIBATA ◽  
F CHEN ◽  
C LIU ◽  
D NGUYEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Pedestal Formation

Median sternotomy for an unexpected complication of permanent hemodialysis catheters: "stuck catheter"

VASA ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akgun ◽  
Ak ◽  
Tugrular ◽  
Civelek ◽  
Isbir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Median Sternotomy ◽  
Venous Access

Cuffed tunneled venous access catheters are commonly used for temporary and permanent access in patients undergoing hemodialysis. These catheters play an essential role in providing permanent access in patients in whom all other access options have been exhausted. However, they are prone to several complications like catheter thrombosis, catheter fibrin sheating and infection. Herein, we report two uncommon cases of stuck hemodialysis cuffed tunneled catheters causing stenosis and thrombosis in central veins which needed to be removed by median sternotomy.

Do Work Characteristics Mediate the Negative Effect of Transformational Leadership on Impaired Well-Being?

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Vincent-Höper ◽  
Sabine Gregersen ◽  
Albert Nienhaus
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Work Characteristics ◽  
Role Clarity

Abstract: In recent years, transformational leadership as a health-related factor has become a focal point of interest in research and practice. However, the pathways and mechanisms underlying this association are not yet well understood. In order to gain knowledge on how or why transformational leadership and employee well-being are associated, we investigated the mediating effect of the work characteristics role clarity and predictability. The study was carried out on 618 employees working in the health-care sector in Germany. We tested the mediator effect using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that role clarity and predictability fully mediate the relation between transformational leadership and negative indicators of well-being. These results give credit to the notion that work characteristics play an important role in identifying health-relevant aspects of leadership behavior. Our findings advance the understanding of how to enhance employee well-being and have implications for the design of leadership-related interventions of workplace health promotion.

A New Hypothesis About Schizophrenia

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Moises ◽  
T. Zoega ◽  
I. I. Gottesman
Keyword(s):  
New Hypothesis
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