Analytic philosophers have, since the pioneering work of B.K. Matilal, emphasized contributions Nyāya to what contemporary philosophy considers epistemology. More recently, scholarly demonstrates relevance their ideas argumentation theory, an interdisciplinary area study drawing on epistemology as well logic, rhetoric, and linguistics. This paper shows how early theorizing about argumentation, ...

This study aims to determine the role of intertextual elements in creating a comic effect 17th century Russian satires. Two novels representing humorous literature Russia serve as material research: The Tale Drunkard and Peasant’s Son. Medieval culture is based on Christianity with biblical text at its core. Intertextual represented by allusions quotes are important plot composition texts under...

Abstract Surveying the satirical press in time of early Russian emigration ca. 1920–1931, this essay focuses on caricatures and drawings published Paris-based weeklies Bitche (Whip, 1920) Satirikon (1931). Arguably, exemplifying émigré reception portrayal Soviet Russia, graphic works prepared for these journals by artists such as Yurii Annenkov, Mikhail Drizo Linskii sought to lampoon debunk po...

Since 1955, The Journal of Irreproducible Results has offered a satirical view on academic research, publishing pieces such as, “A double blind efficacy trial of placebos, extra strength placebos, and generic placebos” (1). Scientists are now taking a less satirical look at the reproducibility of results, with questions emerging about the robustness of findings in fields as diverse as epidemiol...

â  â  â  resistance manifestations in mozafar al nawwab’s poems â  â  â  * hasan dadkhah â  naser tabe` jabery ** â  â  â  abstract â  â  a mixture of political views and resistance literature is so visible in the poems of some contemporary arab poets that they are known as resistance poets. mozafar al nawwab, the contemporary iraqi poet, is one of them. nawwab grew up in a noble and gentle s...