Inn this paper, we present ann algorithm to compute structural deadlocks inn coloredd nets under specifiedd conditions. Insteadd of appl ying the ordinary algorithm onn the unfoldedd Petri net, our algorithm take s advantage of the structure of the color functions. It is obtainedd by iterat ive optimizations of the ordinary algorithm. Eachh optimizationn is specifiedd by a m eta-rule, whose app...

How can historians of philosophy justify spending the preponderance their professional lives writing about historical philosophers who held racist views? I use controversy over University Edinburgh’s David Hume Tower as a jumping-off place for discussion this issue. argue that worthwhile philosophical ideas in be conceptually isolated from views.

Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals retained in civil or criminal litigation are frequently required to travel to a state in which they are not licensed to perform assessments and offer testimony. Adverse professional and legal consequences may await the unwary peripatetic forensic expert. Failure to address local practice requirements may result in disqualification to testify a...

theistic philosophers have special view on human nature. they define it in terms of rational faculty and thus regard human final perfection and ultimate felicity dependent on the activity of this faculty and actualization of it. there are philosophers, such as plato, plotinus, and zakariya al-razi (rhazes), who maintain explicitly that human felicity is based on his becoming philosopher. other ...