Four Exegetical Notes on Plutarch’s Dialogue on Love

God, Love, and Interreligious Dialogue

The monotheistic religions that valorize love typically believe that their love for God should be extended to God's creatures and, in particular, to one's fellow human beings. Yet, in practice, the love of the Christian or Muslim or Hindu monotheist doesn't always extend to the love of the religious other. Precisely how, then, should the adherents of the major monotheistic religions respond to ...

Notes on Four Surgical Cases

History.-Male 64, occupation gardener, attended Hospital with a swelling on the back of the right wrist, which he had noticed for the past two years. Beyond slight occasional aching, which he volunteered was worse in damp weather, he presented no other symptom. Examination.-Following the usual routine, which should be adopted for the examination of any swelling, the physical signs were as follo...

Notes on Four Surgical Cases

History.-Male 64, occupation gardener, attended Hospital with a swelling on the back of the right wrist, which he had noticed for the past two years. Beyond slight occasional aching, which he volunteered was worse in damp weather, he presented no other symptom. Examination.-Following the usual routine, which should be adopted for the examination of any swelling, the physical signs were as follo...

Frege’s Theory of Sense and Reference: Some Exegetical Notes

Frege’s theory of indirect contexts and the shift of sense and reference in these contexts has puzzled many. What can the hierarchy of indirect senses, doubly indirect senses, and so on, be? Donald Davidson gave a well-known ‘unlearnability’ argument against Frege’s theory. The present paper argues that the key to Frege’s theory lies in the fact that whenever a reference is specified (even thou...

Notes on Four Cases of Postpartum Collapse