Introductions to Philosophy There are many good introductions to philosophy: [22], [53] and [1] have the advantage of being short and cheap. There are a few books [44, 11, 34] that introduce philosophical ideas by analysing films which raise philosophical issues. One of the advantages of these books is that they allow you to say that you are doing valuable research for this module while watchin...

The simple exciter,t designed in conjunction with Robert F. Wilson, is a device for excitation of the nervous system. It combines ease of operation and portability. Power is derived from the 1 10volt A.C. power mains, and the output of the machine is 60-cyde sinusoidal. A switch provides for momentary or continuous excitation. A variac control unit is used to obtain smooth adjustment of voltage...

BACKGROUND Scientific reviewing is a voluntary process to determine if a manuscript deserves publication. REVIEW MEANS: Responsibly Evaluate, Verify and Improve the manuscript, Educate the authors and editors, and Weigh your expert opinion against the submitted work. Provide your review in a respectful, unbiased and timely manner. REVIEW METHODS Make sure editors know about your willingness t...

One of the most common and persistent error types in second language writing is collocation errors, such as learn knowledge instead of gain or acquire knowledge, or make damage rather than cause damage. In this work-inprogress report, we propose a probabilistic model for suggesting corrections to lexical collocation errors. The probabilistic model incorporates three features: word association s...