Granulomatous inflammation in the lung may occur from a variety of causes. Many of these are the result of specific antigens that reach the lung and induce a granulomatous response. A prototype of this schema is pulmonary tuberculosis where the organism serves as the inciting antigen. Treatment of tuberculosis is aimed at killing and clearing the organism. It would be foolhardy and potentially ...

fictional names have been one of the most important and serious topics in the contemporary philosophy of language and metaphysics.several questions such as “do fictional names refer to any objects?” “are fictional characters existent objects?” have resulted in a considerable literature of philosophy. in this essay, we will follow two objectives. first we will describe and elaborate the ideas ...