Some authors defend literary cognitivism – the view that literary fiction is cognitively valu­ able – by drawing an analogy between cognitive values of thought experiments and literary fiction. In this paper my aim is to analyse the reasons for drawing this analogy and to see how far the analogy can be stretched. In the second part, I turn to the claim put forward by literary anti­cognitivists ...

In recent years, in various sectors of our society, there have been nationalist stirrings which were crystallized and articulated by the late Claro M. Recto, There were jealous demands for the recognition of Philippine sovereignty on the Bases question. There were appeals for the correction of the iniquitous economic relations between the Philippines and the United States. For a time, Filipino ...

Ovo istraživanje donosi sintezu iskazanih vrijednosti tekstova hrvatskih osnovnoškolaca u literarnim radovima poezije, proze i igrokaza na natječaju za književno likovno stvaralaštvo učenika osnovnih škola Republici Hrvatskoj pod nazivom Susreti hrvatskoga dječjega duhovnoga stvaralaštva »Stjepan Kranjčić« skraćeno nazvan »Dječji Kranjčić«. Analizirane su prvih deset zbornika najuspjelijih rado...

The study of the axiological problems in literary studies is a fundamental direction of modern Russian Philology. In this paper, we will first conside, the search process for the orientations of values of Russian writers of the classical period of Russian literature in the 19th century; and second, the spiritual themselves foundations as ideological constants of the writers. The pursuit of Russ...

Cruickshank and Collins [2] ‘Advancing Leadership in Sport: Time to Take Off the Blinkers?’ has created something of a furore around the effectiveness and suitability of dark leadership traits and behaviours. This paper attempts to clarify some of the conceptual issues discussed within their paper, while also redressing a number of literary misrepresentations. Finally, the potential limitations...

It is essential to understand the consumption pattern of food and how it changes over time to formulate sound economic policies as well as marketing and pricing strategies. In this study, we estimate the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System with six rounds of the Family Income Expenditure Survey exploiting the conditional linearity of the demand system. We find that the Filipino diet has become...

the present article considers literary works and the criteria for their evaluation. it argues the relationship between construction and consistency.construction and consistency are like the two wings of a bird for literary works. the article also discusses imagination, grace and other factors which cause construction and consistency.