Maggots Are Delicious, Sunsets Hideous

On the one hand, judgments about taste and aesthetics seem somehow more subjective than other judgments—those about matters of descriptive fact, for instance. On the other hand, it seems we sometimes genuinely disagree in virtue of making different taste and aesthetic judgments. And many theorists think that in order to ground genuine disagreement, judgments must have contradictory contents—contents that cannot both be true. Most semantic theories of taste and aesthetic predicates, including contextualism and truth relativism, attempt to account for the comparative subjectivity of taste and aesthetic judgments while preserving this supposed contradiction datum. This chapter presents results from three studies suggesting that while most people think they can disagree about taste and aesthetics, this is not because they think their judgments in this domain preclude one another’s truth. Indeed, the results suggest that many people do not regard judgments of taste and aesthetics as truth-apt at all.

Credence-First Epistemology

Chapter 10 discusses the credence-first approach to coarse-grained attitudes. It is explained how the view underwrites a robust realism about the attitudes and why it bolsters the view that belief, disbelief, and suspended judgement are self-standing states. It is explained how credence-first epistemology dovetails with how we ordinarily describe coarse- and fine-grained attitudes and how it makes good sense of ways in which coarse- and fine-grained attitudes march-in-step in their production and rationalization of action. Further, it is explained how credence-first epistemology fits with our use of reductio-based arguments. So it’s argued that there is something deeply right in the credence-first approach. But the chapter closes with a pair of problems for the approach: credence is very often absent in the presence of coarse-grained attitudes—as a matter of descriptive fact—and credence is very often misplaced in the presence of everyday evidence—as a matter of normative fact.

Sugarcane Cultivar Descriptive Fact Sheet: CP 06-2400, CP 06-2042, and CP 07-2137

This 5-page fact sheet provides basic information and yield and disease information for CP 06-2400, CP 06-2042, and CP 07-2137 to assist growers in better selection and management of these cultivars. Written by Hardev Sandhu, Matt VanWeelden, and Wayne Davidson, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, December 2019. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sc106

Sugarcane Cultivar Descriptive Fact Sheet: CPCL 02-0926 and CP 05-1526

This new 5-page fact sheet provides basic information as well as yield and disease information for CPCL 02-0926 and CP 05-1526 to assist growers in selection and management of these cultivars. Written by Hardev Sandhu and Wayne Davidson, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, February 2019. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sc105

Long Vowels and Nasal-consonant Sequences in Kisa

Nasal Consonant (NC) sequences, in Bantu languages, and the long vowels preceding them remains a puzzle in Bantu literature and research. This paper provides a descriptively oriented analysis of the relationship between long vowels and nasal consonant sequences in Kisa, a dialect of Luhya, a Bantu language spoken in Khwisero Constituency Western Province, Kenya. The data used in this paper was generated by the author as a native speaker of Kisa. The central descriptive fact is that NC sequences in words consisting of native Kisa morphemes are usually, but not obligatorily, preceded by long vowels. As such, NC sequences usually appear as part of an overall VVNC sequence. This pattern is widely found in Bantu languages, and the modelling of this preference for VVNC sequences has been a significant topic in phonological research on Bantu languages. Kisa provides evidence against the predominant analysis of the VVNC preference in Bantu- compensatory lengthening. The paper shows that compensatory lengthening does not provide a well-motivated analysis of Kisa.

The Sole Route to an Independent Judiciary?

This essay critically analyses the judgment in the NJAC Case against the vehemently contested issue of judicial primacy in appointments. The author examines the NJAC Case’s treatment of the question of primacy of judges. The essay commences with a discussion of the Second Judges’ Case, and the judicial rationale behind construing ‘consultation’ under Article 124 of the Constitution as ‘concurrence’ of the Chief Justice of India in the matter of appointments. The author assesses both whether as a descriptive fact the judgment in the NJAC Case held judicial primacy to be part of the basic structure, as well as whether such reading was normatively justified. This essay also expresses reservations about the extent of the Court’s engagement with the concept of ‘primacy’, and its importance for the independence of the judiciary, and whether it is part of the basic structure of the Constitution.

Sugarcane Cultivar Descriptive Fact Sheet: CPCL 02-6848 and CPCL 05-1201

CPCL 02-6848 and CPCL 05-1201 are emerging sugarcane cultivars in Florida. Both cultivars were released commercially in 2012 and were quickly adopted by local sugarcane growers because of high yields and moderate to high resistance against major sugarcane diseases in Florida. This 4-page fact sheet provides basic information and yield and disease information to assist growers in management of these cultivars. Written by Hardev Sandhu and Wayne Davidson, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, March 2018. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sc104

Sugarcane Cultivars Descriptive Fact Sheet: CP 96-1252, CP 01-1372 and CP 00-1101

Sugarcane cultivars CP 96-1252, CP 01-1372 and CP 00-1101 are the top three commercial sugarcane cultivars in Florida occupying >43% of total sugarcane area (400,551 acres) (VanWeelden et al. 2016). These cultivars are developed through the cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Canal Point, the university of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade and Florida Sugar Cane League. The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide information on these cultivars regarding their parentage, flowering, cold tolerance, yields, disease response, and any major issues with their growth or yield.

The Commom Law of the Anglican Communion

The aim of this short paper is to examine whether and how canon law might be acknowledged as one of the instruments of Anglican unity. First, the study proposes that there are principles of canon law recognised by churches. These are rooted in the canonical tradition shared by churches of the catholic and apostolic tradition. Secondly, the following proposes that the profound similarities between Anglican legal systems indicate, as a matter of descriptive fact, what Anglicans share in common juridically. Together, the principles of canon law and the similarities between Anglican legal systems represent the common law of the Anglican Communion. Thirdly, the study addresses some methodological issues raised in ascertaining and formulating the canonical principles of the Anglicanhis commune. Finally, it suggests some reasons and justifications for an acknowledgement of the Anglican common law.