I n a recent article Matty Häyry observes that human reproduction is both irrational and immoral; hence, he suggests, those who seek help before conceiving, ‘‘could be advised it is all right not to have children’’. Häyry believes that if prospective parents are told that ‘‘according to at least one philosopher it would be all right not to reproduce at all’’ this could empower people ‘‘to make ...

Nowadays, it is common practice to distinguish between economic, social and environmental sustainability; all three have to be satisfied to achieve full sustainability. However, in a presentation to the Malaysian International Cocoa Conference in July1, Jan Vingerhoets, Executive Director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) made it clear that he believes economic sustainability to be...

Recent solutions to the curve-fitting problem, described in Forster and Sober ([1994]), trade off the simplicity and fit of hypotheses by defining simplicity as the paucity of adjustable parameters. Scott De Vito ([1997]) charges that these solutions are ‘conventional’ because he thinks that the number of adjustable parameters may change when the hypotheses are described differently. This he be...

The three requirements for a Darwinian evolutionary process are replication, variation and selection. Dennett (2006) discusses various theories of how these three processes, especially selection, may have operated in the evolution of religion. He believes that the origins of religion, like the origins of language and music, may be approached scientifically. He hopes that such investigations wil...

Excitable cells can exhibit complex patterns of oscillations, such as spiking and bursting. In cardiac cells, pathological voltage oscillations, called early afterdepolarizations (EADs), have been widely observed under disease conditions, yet their dynamical mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we show that EADs are caused by Hopf and homoclinic bifurcations. During period pacing, chaos always occu...

Abstract This paper develops a question-sensitive theory of intention. We show that this explains some puzzling closure properties In particular, it can be used to explain why one is rationally required intend the means one’s ends, even though not all foreseen consequences intended actions. It also rational intention always closed under logical implication, and only outcomes believes control.

<p>This scientific article discusses issues related to the taxation of Instagram influencers. Its main objective is define how influencers’ incomes should be taxed. To achieve this primary purpose, partial defined give list (legal) cooperation contracts between marketers and The hypothesis that there no need adopt new specific tax law norms properly, at least in developed countries, was c...

maimonids distinguishes between the resurrection and the next world. he relate the resurrection of the dead to the messianic era and the immorality of the soul to the next world. maimonids tied immorality of the soul with intellectual development of soul in this world. he believes immorality of the soul belongs only to those who have enjoyed the blessing of intellect. therefore, his interpretat...

Saltuknāme is an epic style work that tells about the life and wars of Sarı Saltık , who lived in 13th century played important role Turkification Islamization Anatolia Balkans. In work, many subjects are discussed from conquests to general characteristics societies, religious-moral issues, mythology historical facts. a wandering dervish stands out with his personality environments he in, direc...