In a recent paper Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore challenge an assumption that they rightly claim is pervasive among contemporary philosophers of language. According to this assumption (MA), an adequate semantic theory T for a language L should assign p as the semantic content of a sentence S ...
DSM-IV Definition “an enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment” Reliability Pa...
such as forest bathing. You cannot meditate any time, however.Meditationis more like sleeping. It is an activity that is meant to somewhat alter your state of mind. While mindfulness does this as well,
code of conduct–n.rules on how to participate in a group, such as how to be a student at a university pervasive–adj.spreading to all parts of something context–n.the words that are used with a certain word or ph...
This is so much of a commonplace that anybody’s doubt about it could easily evoke an alarm of one’s possible infliction with insanity. However, even at a risk of being so stigmatised, I would propose that a thoughtful dissection of this pervasive perception is worth undertaking. In fact...
For example, returning a stranger’s smile is expected in the United States because a pervasive social norm dictates that we reciprocate friendly gestures. A person who refuses to acknowledge such gestures might be considered socially awkward—perhaps even disordered—for violating this expectation. ...
However, within this rich research arena, there seems to be a pervasive etic perspective and a paucity of results yielded from an emic approach. Therefore, to address this lacuna, I adopted a ‘small-lens’ methodology (Ushioda, 2016). This means investigating motivation from a nuanced ...
Welfare and dependency are pervasive: one-fourth of the children in these ghettoes, as in Harlem, may receive Federal Aid to Dependent Children; in New York City, ADC alone costs over 20 million a month; in our five largest cities, the ADC bill’s over 500 million a year.Housing ...
“Child care is very expensive, but those costs don’t last forever. Every family should make the choice that's right for them, but I would encourage women to consider all these factors,” Evans says. The Bottom Line The pink tax highlights a pervasive issue of gen...
What is meant by no concessions? something that is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving this: Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday's talks. He stated firmly that no concessions will be made to the ...