To See or Not to See

Empty Names: Communicative Value without Semantic Value1

“…My hunch is that they are of considerable value in attempting to understand the linguistic representation of truth, and empty names do pose puzzles involving intuitions of truth (not just significance). 10 But all that I have attempted to show here is that there is no conflict between DR and the plausible assumption that empty names are ''significant'' in the sense of having communicative value.…”

Building Green: Environmental Architects and the Struggle for Sustainability in Mumbai

“…75 Understanding the form and content of that bridge is essential if we are to understand the origins of formal diagnoses of urban environmental problems.…”

Lose-Lose Proposition: Policy Change and Party Politics in the Grand Coalition

“…As one commentator put it, "The more convictions are given away in the storm of crisis the more those in the CDU seek orientation." 53 The market wing deplored growing state intervention as a violation of "pure" CDU policies," and lamented that it left the call for tax cuts to CSU or FDP leaders. Fiscal conservatives called for an end to big bailouts and deficits, yet resisted further tax cuts.…”