Are there other publications that turn Lukasiewicz's weapons against him?

This tightly-written and self-contained four-page paper must be studied and not just skimmed. It meticulously analyses quotations from Aristotle and Lukasiewicz to establish that Aristotle was...

02 March 2015 7,259 1 View

Did Peirce ever retract PEIRCE'S TRUTH-PRESERVATION ARGUMENT?

11 December 2014 2,406 4 View

Suppositional rules in ordinary reasoning - any thoughts?

Is "discharging assumptions" a deliberate, separate act or do we simply close a subdeduction?

02 March 2014 1,965 2 View

What is the conventional wisdom on platonism and logicism?

According to conventional wisdom, mathematicians tend to accept platonism but find logicism wildly implausible if not ridiculous, whereas philosophers tend to find platonism wildly implausible if...

02 March 2014 3,166 3 View

How to determine implicit ontological and epistemological stance?

I am hoping for some guidance and additional reading material that will assist me in determining ontological and epistemological stance when not explicitly detailed within the research. Here is...

26 February 2021 227 5 View

How can plant phytochemistry be included in discussions about whole plant traits?

I am using the concept of plant functional traits (Cornellisen et al., 2003) in a paper. Considering descriptions for whole plant traits (life history; life form; growth form; plant height;...

24 February 2021 6,831 5 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

How to create the context-mechanism-outcome configuration (CMOc) in the realist methodology?

In the realist methodology (especially by Raymond Pawson et al), the CMOc is a common structure to explain what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and why? I'm always asked about the...

08 February 2021 2,792 1 View

How to generate MATLAB code from ANFIS model?

Dear scholars, I was wondering how can I generate MATLAB code of an ANFIS (FIS) model? I need to integrate my ANFIS (FIS)/Fuzzy logic system into another MATLAB code to render optimizations. Do...

04 February 2021 6,098 4 View

Which tropical country is the most easy for obtaining research permit (for biological research)?

Dear all, High beurocracy hihly complicate field ecolocial and evolutionary research nowadays. Nearly all tropical countries (maybe all?) requires research permit for performitng research and in...

04 February 2021 3,672 6 View

Please ,How can I correct this kind of error?

27 January 2021 4,815 5 View

Compare to prevalence before and after covid in population studies?

Dear researchers, I have a prevalence of some diet habit in relatively large narrow population of children 13 years old in 2019 and 2020. Logically they are different population. However, since...

10 January 2021 3,170 9 View

How can a traditional medicine exist if its validated outcome is translated into molecular mechanism for acceptance of modern medicine?

A traditional medicine (e.g. Unani System of Medicine) has its own philosophy of treatment of a disease. Nowadays, there is emerging demand to validate the effectiveness of an intervention (a...

05 January 2021 9,472 5 View

What's the main sources for a study of "ethics" in the 1500-1620 period?

I would like experts to provide me with the philosophers of the 1500-1620 period who discussed "ethics" in all or parts of their career. Erasmus, Montaigne, Castiglione, Bruno, Sidney and their...

04 January 2021 7,054 3 View