Bill Would End U.S. Ban On Visas For Those With HIV Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:21:00 -0400 This week, the Senate approved a $48 billion extension of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Included in the bill was a provision that would lift a ban, in place since 1987, on visas for people with HIV. The Evolving Role Of The Vice President Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400 Scott Simon talks with vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein about why and how the role of the vice president has changed. Political Bloggers On Left, Right Descend On Austin Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400 Political bloggers on both ends of the political spectrum are converging on Austin, Texas, for their respective annual conferences. Both liberal and conservative activists are trying to dominate this increasingly central forum of political discourse.
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Shape-shifter Paul Goldberger Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Architects don’t usually hold elaborate press conferences to announce their new designs. But David Fisher is not a typical architect, and not only because he goes by the honorific “Dr.” Fisher, who was born in Tel Aviv fifty-nine years ago, is based in Florence, and believes that he has . . . Isn’t It Romantic? Rebecca Mead Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The plot of “The Romantics,” a new novel by Galt Niederhoffer, unfolds during the weekend wedding of Lila Hayes, a blond, beautiful, witty, and wealthy Yale graduate, and her former classmate Tom McDevon, a handsome, charming, social-climbing cipher. The book’s heroine--the clever, ill-at-ease, Brooklyn-dwelling Laura . . . H-bloo On A-rod Ben McGrath Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Shortly before his regular teatime, one day last week, the Yale literature professor Harold Bloom found an occasion to consider the plight of his beloved Yankees, as they approached the All Star break in third place, and of their star third baseman, Alex Rodriguez. “The poor fellow, you know he’s . . .
Philosophy of Language in Classical China - Historical overview by Chad Hansen of interpretations of language in the major schools of philosophical thought in classical China (up to the Han dynasty).
Meta Description: [ An extended encyclopedia article discussing Chinese theory of language especially in the Later Mohists, Gongsun Long, Hui Shi, and Zhuangzi. ]
Philosophy of Language, World Congress Papers - Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, held at Boston University in 1998. Archive of contributed papers in the subject area of Philosophy of Language. Provided by The Paideia Archive.
Meta Description: [ The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Archive of contributed papers in the subject area of Philosophy of Language. ]