The terrorism of obscurantism is one of the hallmarks of Don DeLillo’s The Names (1982), distinguishing it as one of the "difficult writings" in his canon. Terrorism, however, is not confined to the novel’s poetics of writing, it constitutes, as the arch-motif of the novel, its politics as well. Relying on the Orientalist bulk of knowledge about the Orient, DeLillo, in this novel, inaugurates a...

The semantics of name-passing calculi is often defined employing coalgebraic models over presheaf categories. This elegant theory lacks finiteness properties, hence it is not apt to implementation. Coalgebras over named sets, called history-dependent automata, are better suited for the purpose due to locality of names. A theory of behavioural functors for named sets is still lacking: the semant...

the truth about divine names and the meanings of divine names and attributes have always been regarded as key issues in islamic theology and philosophy, and their surrounding debates have so far triggered controversial and challenging ideas. in this context, the difference of opinions between ibn sina as the head of the peripatetic school and mulla sadra as the founder of transcendental theosop...

important changes brought about by the melbourne international code of nomenclature for algae,fungiandplantsare briefly reviewed concerning a clarification of the spelling and typification of sanctioned fungal names, the recognition of electronic publication for the validity of nomenclatural novelties, permission to use english diagnoses or descriptions for their valid publication, and the requ...