This paper discusses interactions between negative concord and restructuring/clause union in Palestinian Arabic. Analyses formulated in Tree Adjoining Grammar and Combinatorial Categorial Grammar are compared, with the conclusion that a perspicuous analysis of the the intricacies of the data requires aspects of both formalisms; in particular, the TAG notion of the extended domain of locality an...

It is now widely accepted that environmental entanglement and the resulting decoherence processes play a crucial role in the quantum-to-classical transition and the emergence of “classicality” from quantum mechanics. To this extent, decoherence is often understood as signifying a break with the Copenhagen interpretation, and in particular with Bohr’s view of the indispensability of classical co...

The article aims to give an overview about the application of Optimality Theory (OT) to the domain of pragmatics. In the introductory part we discuss different ways to view the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. Rejecting the doctrine of literal meaning we conform to (i) semantic underdetermination and (ii) contextualism (the idea that the mechanism of pragmatic interpretation ...

Classical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics and quantum mechanics are often depicted as separate realms of physics, each with its own formalism and notion. This remains unsatisfactory with respect to the unity of nature and to the necessary number of postulates. We uncover the intrinsic connection of these areas of physics and describe them using a common symplectic Hamiltonian formalism. ...

Taking air pollution in Copenhagen as a case of environmental change, this article discusses the different ways that data are employed processes witnessing change. We distinguish between three modes “data witnessing”—modest, imperial, and guerrilla—in order to clarify how scientific, corporate, or civil society actors engaged producing analyzing about from vantage points with interests. Their r...

A central feature in the Copenhagen interpretation is the use of classical concepts from the outset. Modern developments show, however, that the emergence of classical properties can be understood within the framework of quantum theory itself, through the process of decoherence. This fact becomes most crucial for the interpretability of quantum cosmology – the application of quantum theory to t...

Everyone makes mistakes. Still, getting things wrong can be a lonely experience. In religious thought as in philosophy or cognitive science, error is equated with imperfection: anyone who wants to be right needs to correct or supersede mistakes. Indeed, certainty—the need to be sure one is right—has been identified as the obsession that defined the age in Susan Schreiner’s powerful recent study...

The pressure throughout the energy supply chain to deliver electrical power more efficiently is intense and growing. Most dramatically, the European Union’s response to the Copenhagen Accord puts forth a "20-20-20" Energy Strategy, with goals of a 20% reduction in energy consumption, a 20% reduction in greenhouse gases, and 20% reliance on power from renewable resources by 2020. These ambitious...

The effects of climate change and government legislation has changed the way in which manufacturers can dispose of their waste, encouraging SMEs to source alternative disposal methods such as those indicated in the waste hierarchy. It is economically and environmentally beneficial to use product recovery methods to divert waste from landfill. The environmental impact of two product recovery met...

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