Most foundationalists allow that relations of coherence among antecedently justified beliefs can enhance their overall level of justification or warrant. In light of this, some coherentists ask the following question: if coherence can elevate the epistemic status of a set of beliefs, what prevents it from generating warrant entirely on its own? Why do we need the foundationalist’s basic beliefs...

In this paper I present a novel objection to ontological arguments. The argument concerns ontological arguments in general and has the general form of a reductio ad absurdum. Roughly, it rests on the fact that if a sound ontological argument were available, it would contradict the very nature of God. For God aims at maximising the development of human good qualities (including thus faith) and i...

First we consider the case when each of the polygons has piecewise linear motions. Suppose each vertex has m motion pieces within each of which it moves in a xed direction at a constant speed. It is simple to show that both Algorithms I and II can work with a simple modication. Complexities of the algorithms are the same except that quantity n is to be replaced by nm. If the motion of each vert...

Nocturia (waking at night to pass urine1) is common in older adults. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved two desmopressin formulations (Noctiva®2 Nocdurna®3) for the indication of frequent urination due overproduction urine. Desmopressin, a synthetic analog pituitary hormone 8-arginine vasopressin, an antidiuretic that increases renal water re-absorption.2, 3 Older desmo...

I argue that Graham Oppy’s attempt to redefend his charge that all modal theistic arguments “must be question-begging” is unsuccessful. Oppy’s attempt to show that theism and modal concretism are compatible is not only tangential for his purposes, it is marred by a misunderstanding of theism, and vulnerable to a counterexample that actually demonstrates incompatibility. Moreover, the notion of ...

www.thelancet.com Vol 383 May 24, 2014 1785 Acute kidney injury is increasingly common in children admitted to hospital, with an incidence of almost 20% in children who require intensive care. Although the long-term eff ects of acute kidney injury continue to be debated, in the short-term it increases resource use, length of stay in hospital, and risk of death—all eff ects that become more pron...

A 44-year-old man is presented here with 14 years of chronic purulent sinusitis, a chronic fungal rash of the scrotum, and chronic pelvic pain. Treatment with antifungal therapy resulted in symptom improvement, however he was unable to establish an effective long-term treatment regimen, resulting in debilitating symptoms. He had undergone extensive workup without identifying a clear underlying ...

6. Lameire N, Peeters P, Vanholder R et al. Peritoneal dialysis in Europe: an analysis of its rise and fall. Blood Purif 2006; 24: 107–114 7. Van Biesen W, Vanholder R, Lameire N. The role of peritoneal dialysis as the first-line renal replacement modality. Perit Dial Int 2000; 20: 375–383 8. Fenton SS, Schaubel DE, Desmeules M et al. Hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis: a comparison of adj...

To what extent do true predications correspond to truthmakers in virtue of which those predications are true? One sort of predicate which is often thought to not be susceptible to an ontological treatment is a predicate for instantiation, or some corresponding predication (trope-similarity or set-membership, for example). This paper discusses this question, and argues that an "ontological" appr...

Hospital readmissions among dialysis patients are a significant burden for patients and the healthcare system. In 2010, patients receiving hemodialysis were admitted to the hospital an average of nearly two times per year, 36% of whom were rehospitalized within 30 days (1). As Springel et al. demonstrate in this issue of CJASN (2), hospital readmissions occur frequently with pediatric patients ...