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Fluent readers process text at a number of levels; at the word, the sentence, the conceptual and the topic levels (Munro & Munro, 1991, 1994). The outputs from each process are retained for varying durations in short-term working memory. Depending in part on their purposes for reading at any time, readers perceive the outputs of some levels to be more useful than those at other levels. As they ...

It’s not usual for citations or footnotes to be included in abstracts. One of our purposes here is to expose something of the elementary logical structure of abductive reasoning, and to do so in a way that helps orient theorists to the various tasks that a logic of abduction should concern itself with. We are mindful of criticisms that have been levelled against the very idea of a logic of abdu...

Dear Readers, As part of a continued effort to improve the quality of our papers and the transparency of the publication process, Cosmetics will introduce in the near future the possibility for the Authors to choose an Open Peer Review process (OPR). OPR is as a process in which the names of the authors and reviewers may be known to each other, and where review reports are published alongside t...

Nietzsche's views on the Laws of Manu are widely considered some his most controversial. Even among those who express a supportive view Nietzschean philosophy tend to shy away or outright ignore apparent praise for laws responsible caste system in India. It is strange enough that Nietzsche would ever comment and weirder still these comments seem be one only overt examples Nietzsche’s political ...

A catalyst for the spread of fake news is existence comments that users make in support of, or against, such articles. In this article, we investigate whether critical and supportive can induce conformity how readers perceive trustworthiness articles respond to them. We find individuals tend conform majority's opinion an article's (58%), especially when challenged by larger majorities who are c...

Abstract The author of Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars Bolsheviks (Cambridge University Press, 2019) responds to comments Michael David-Fox, Muireann Maguire, Kevin Platt, William Mills Todd, Olga Velikanova. He expresses appreciation for reflections provided elaborates on several points raised by commentators individually collectively: theoretical framing work importance agen...

This is a detailed critique of the empirical findings, factual claims, and logic of the empirical examination of file-sharing by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf. It is written for a general audience and provides details of calculations, data, and industry measurements that allow replication by the reader whenever possible. October 2011: There is now a new instance of Oberholzer-Gee and...