"A social system [...] is any system generated by the interaction of two or more behaving units. The basic criterion for establishing the existence of such a system is the existence of meaningful interdependence between the actions of the units (interaction). Thus[,] the consequences of actions by any one unit can be traced through the system; ultimately[,] these consequences 'feed back' to the...

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objects have accidental intrinsic properties as long as the properties’ supervenience base is contingently configured too. What does the type-creationist take to be the supervenience base for repeatable artworks? The creative acts of artists are obviously part of it, but also relevant are the type’s embodiments, including the patterns of (re)production and modification. But given that these cre...

Neil Moreton McKern, the first author on the landmark paper describing the crystal structure of the human insulin receptor ectodomain (1), passed away on the 20 March 2014 after a year-long battle with multiple myeloma. Neil McKern was born on 17 December 1946 at Richmond, New South Wales. His career in science began at the age of 18 as a technical assistant to Dr. Fred Stewart in the CSIRO Div...

1 The present paper presents a synopsis of work on language, form, and meaning in conceptual integration theory. It consists of excerpts and summaries from G. FAUCONNIER, "Conceptual Blending" in N. SMELSER and P. BALTES (eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2000; G. FAUCONNIER and M. TURNER, “Blending as a Central Process of Grammar”, in A. GOLDBERG (ed.), Conceptual ...