Probable: the ruling in a case is probably still good law and would most likely be applied to another case with a similar fact pattern in the same jurisdiction; also used for a statute when it has not been repealed by a legislature or questioned by a court. Questionable: the ruling in a case may still be good law but other different rulings under similar circumstances cast doubt on the issue; a...

This is a slightly altered portion of an expert report I wrote recently, released with permission, that I thought might serve as an example of how to go about seeking the truth and presenting the state of the science when truly definitive statements based on first principles are not available. Of course, I look forward to the readership proving me wrong with real-world examples, but somehow, I ...

ing space There is something unsettling about space. Whether it is existential or historical, our spatiality seems to generate a persistent sense of unknowing that animates repetitive projects of abstraction. Space has to be marked, framed, mapped, subject to boundaries. In that sense, as Perec writes in his extraordinary catalogue of forms of spatiality, space is a perpetual doubt (1997 [1974]...

Dear Editor: Extensive studies have measured antidepressant-like effects of chemical compounds to discover new drugs for depression treatment or to clarify the molecular mechanisms of depression. Most useful anti-depressants including tricyclics, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NRIs), serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs), a...

for many religious people there is a problem of doubting various creedal statements contained in their religions. often propositional beliefs are looked upon as a necessary, though not sufficient, condition, for salvation. this causes great anxiety in doubters and raises the question of the importance of belief in religion and in life in general. it is a question that has been neglected in phil...

Excerpt: November, 2006 marked the third annual meeting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and it was another blockbuster, with 850 participants, a rich array of sessions, the “Commons@ISSoTL” for informal exchange and sharing of resources, and a true international feel. As in past years, the conference also provided a window into the character and progre...

fear of death through enemy constructions...widening security agendas articulate the inability to fix threatening forces and the referent object which receives the threats... thus creates a condition of ontological insecurity – the impression of chaos. Even though I agree with Huysmans about the angst produced by the uncertainty of not knowing the possible threats, the scope he gives to ontolog...