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There is only one más: Spanish que/de comparative alternation

spellout . Dordrecht: Springer. Baker , Mark. 1988 . Incorporation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Bale , Alan. 2008 . A universal scale of comparison . Linguistics and Philosophy 31 : 1 - 55 . https ... : Indefiniteness and islands . Linguistics and Philosophy 43 : 427 - 472 . Chierchia , Gennaro. 1998 . Reference to kinds across language . Natural Language Semantics 6 ( 4 ): 339 - 405 . Chomsky , Noam. 1957

Einstein Geometrization Philosophy and Differential Identities in PAP-Geometry

The importance of Einstein’s geometrization philosophy, as an alternative to the least action principle, in constructing general relativity (GR), is illuminated. The role of differential identities ... in this philosophy is clarified. The use of Bianchi identity to write the field equations of GR is shown. Another similar identity in the absolute parallelism geometry is given. A more general

Einstein Geometrization Philosophy and Differential Identities in PAP-Geometry

The importance of Einstein’s geometrization philosophy, as an alternative to the least action principle, in constructing general relativity (GR), is illuminated. The role of differential identities ... in this philosophy is clarified. The use of Bianchi identity to write the field equations of GR is shown. Another similar identity in the absolute parallelism geometry is given. A more general

Einstein Geometrization Philosophy and Differential Identities in PAP-Geometry

The importance of Einstein’s geometrization philosophy, as an alternative to the least action principle, in constructing general relativity (GR), is illuminated. The role of differential identities ... in this philosophy is clarified. The use of Bianchi identity to write the field equations of GR is shown. Another similar identity in the absolute parallelism geometry is given. A more general

Einstein Geometrization Philosophy and Differential Identities in PAP-Geometry

The importance of Einstein’s geometrization philosophy, as an alternative to the least action principle, in constructing general relativity (GR), is illuminated. The role of differential identities

Using Numbers to Persuade: Hidden Rhetoric of Statistics

Philosophy of current knowledge distinguishes facts from values. It maintains that facts are objective, indisputable, universally verifiable and do not require to persuade. Since rhetoric is ... philosophy of logical positivism transformed rhetoric from a respected art to a contemptible form of trickery and deceit is both extremely important, and largely unknown and unfamiliar. This story is too

Models and Reality: How Did Models Divorced from Reality Become Epistemologically Acceptable?

paper sketches trends in philosophy of science which led to a methodology which permits creation of mental models disconnected from reality. A key development was the separation of the observable ... with imaginary toy models? Opinions diverge radically on this issue, which is quite embarrassing from both the scientific and the political point of view.” Instead of joining this debate, we take the

Greek non-negative min, epistemic modality, and positive bias

. Giannakidou , Anastasia, and Alda Mari . 2018 . The semantic roots of positive polarity: Epistemic modal verbs and adverbs . Linguistics and Philosophy 41 : 623 - 664 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-018- 9235 ... . Hans J. Eikmeyer and Hannes Rieser , 38 - 74 . Berlin: de Gruyter. Kratzer , Angelika. 1989 . An investigation of the lumps of thought . Linguistics and Philosophy 12 : 607 - 653 . Kratzer , Angelika

Comments on “Limits of Econometrics” by David Freedman

David Freedman’s impressive paper reveals well his deep understanding of not only statistical techniques and their uses but also of scientific methodology and its philosophy. On visits to Berkeley ... ,” namely that any area of study, be it physics, astronomy, economics, political science, etc., can be scientific if scientific methods are employed in producing, analyzing and learning from data. Now it may

Detecting variable force in imperatives: A modalized minimal approach

This paper draws attention to various environments in Greek which show that imperatives convey possibility and not necessity as widely assumed in the literature. The interaction of imperatives with other operators reveals the presence of an existential operator. At the same time, however, it is shown that imperatives cannot be analysed as invariably conveying possibility. Instead...

Sequence of tense and cessation implicatures: evidence from Polish

, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany Abusch , Dorit. 1997 . Sequence of tense and temporal de re. Linguistics and Philosophy 20 ( 1 ): 1 - 50 . Altshuler , Daniel. 2008 . Narrative effects in Russian ... . Ryan . 2016 . Past time reference in a language with optional tense . Linguistics and Philosophy 39 ( 4 ): 247 - 294 . Bochnak , M. Ryan , Vera Hohaus, and Anne Mucha . 2019 . Variation in tense and

New Directions in Macroeconomics

. 3.2. Inter and Multi-Disciplinary Approach Adam Smith was a professor of Moral Philosophy. For a long time, the title of “Political Economy” reflected the understanding that politics could not be ... policy recommendations generated by an MMT perspective. For more details on how these ideas could be implemented, see Zaman (Jan 7, 2020) . 2.3. Political Economy Once we recognize the importance of

Exceptionally optional negative concord with Turkish neither...nor

This paper presents a novel account for the optionality of negative concord observed with neither...nor coordinations, in an otherwise strict negative concord language—Turkish. I argue that the apparently optional negative concord is a surface phenomenon that can be traced back to a structural ambiguity arising from the type-flexibility of coordination operators. The semantic...

Portions and countability: A crosslinguistic investigation

We examine three constructions across several languages in which a mass noun is embedded in what appears to be a count environment, but the construction as a whole remains mass. We argue that the discussed phenomena—“Q-noun” constructions like lots of water, bare measure constructions like kilos of sugar, and pluralised mass nouns in languages like Greek and Persian—all involve...

Person effects in agreement with Icelandic low nominatives: An experimental investigation

Studies, Bielefeld University , Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld , Germany 1 Linguistics & English Language, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh , 3

Honorifics without [hon]

Honorifics without [HON] Ruoan Wang 0 0 Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA , United States of America Honorifics are grammaticalized

Indefinites and free choice

, correlatives, and disjunction . Linguistics and Philosophy 32 ( 2 ): 207 - 244 . Alonso-Ovalle , Luis, and Paula Menéndez-Benito. 2010 . Modal indefinites . Natural Language Semantics 18 ( 1 ): 1 - 31 ... Philosophy 21 ( 5 ): 433 - 476 . https://doi. org/10.1023/A: 1005494000753 . Dayal , Veneeta. 2004 . The universal force of free choice . Linguistic Variation Yearbook 4 ( 1 ): 5 - 40 . https:// doi.org

Ecoturismo comunitario y conservación ambiental: la experiencia de La Ventanilla, Oaxaca, México

strategies-is plenty of contradictions and assumptions lacking empirical support. Particularly in regard to long term changes in social and ecological relationships. To analyse such issues, socio-political ... environmental balanced approach to ecotourism. This article presents the political ecology of La Ventanilla at different geographic scales and over time. The results contrast with those optimistic versions

Encrucijada de déficits y desigualdades: Centroamérica, historia de una región desintegrada

stability, political, economic and social unit of the Central American region. Included among various contributions, the challenges that must be assumed as an integrated bloc countries to reduce and alleviate ... ) Apuntes de economía internacional. Guatemala, Servicios Profesionales-Serpro.         [ Links ] Huntingtong, S. (1968) Political order in changing societies. New Haven y London, Yale U Press

La ecología política en México ¿Dónde estamos y para dónde vamos?

Theoretical identification of research approaches and academic formation with a political ecology perspective is becoming more frequent every time in Mexico. This upsurge of political ecology, as a ... , is quite encouraging for those who analyze environmental change from a social and political perspective. Notwithstanding, we consider that a thorough review of this discipline's development in Mexico