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... remote from the mechanisms of perception, which is often referred to as functional knowledge or verbal semantics. There is a large body of neuropsychological literature trying to establish how much sensory and ... knowledge, or whether object names can be accessed directly from vision without the intervention of semantics, as is generally accepted for written word naming. Some support for this ...

I can't stand it when folks say "you're just playing semantics" when what they mean is "I do not agree with what you're saying," or "I otherwise disagree ... don't you marry it"? Generally, when someone complains that their opponent is playing with semantics, they themselves are busy commiting the logical fallacy of equivocation at best and are flatly ...

The Semantics of Murder by Aifric Campbell isn't a typical crime novel, though crimes--legal, moral and ethical transgressions--lie at its heart. Rather, ... s thrillers or Christian Moerk's Darling Jim. That's not to say there's fantasy in The Semantics of Murder, because there isn't. But, perhaps, the fantastic element comes from the very mundaneness of the darkness. It's ...

... the whole concept of "store", done properly, usually involves aspects of "openness" and free movement in and out during "open" hours. They explained to me that in honour of their "open house" everything in the store was 20% off. "Ah," thought I, pleased by my perspicacity, "they are having a sale." Sale / open house, semantics, semantics.

Douglas Witmer - Susan Scott - Joe Saunders - Harold Hollingsworth Touch/Faith - Semantics Gallery - Cincinnati Ohio curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones November 2009 Just got back from ... , Miller Gallery and being curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones for a show titled Touch/Faith at Semantics Gallery. Weather and people were wonderful, the cities famous Skyline Chili was delicious, and the mini ...

The Semantics of Murder Aifric Campbell Serpent’s Tail, Sep 2009, $14.95 ISBN: 9781846687334 Cocky American Dr. Jay Hamilton moves from Los ... about Robert that leads to an abashed Jay questioning his ethics for using his clients especially Cora as the subjects of his books. The semantics of Murder is an intriguing look at ethics as Dana’s inquiries into Jay’s late hero Robert coaxes him to ...

Camilla Griggers (California State University, Channel Islands) has published a weird paper about the use of general semantics, which is itself weird, in evaluating violent video games and how it lead Seung-Hui Cho to commit the Virginia Tech Massacre. I can’t get a hold of her paper, but just reading the abstract is enough to raise

Congratulations to Andrew Brenner whose “‘Of Miracles’ — What, Precisely, Was Hume’s Point?” was featured in the most recent edition of the Philosophers’ Carnival. Belated congratulations to Aaron Kenna whose “A Note on the Semantics of First-Degree Entailment” was featured in the previous edition.

Before I get to the meat of this post, I just want to share a little aside: when somebody at work recently said, "It's all about semantics," one of his co-workers replied (jokingly, mercifully): "What do you have against Jewish people?!" But I digress. MM and I had a good conversation recently. I know - husbands and wives aren't supposed to do that - but it ...