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Against God of the truth-value gaps by Parent, T

“…Abstract Beall and Cotnoir propose that ‘God can create an unliftable stone’ is a truth-value gap (neither true nor false). However, this yields a revenge…”
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A dilemma about kinds and kind terms by Parent, T.

“…‘The kind Lion’ denotes a kind. Yet many generics are thought to denote kinds also, like the subject-terms in ‘The lion has a mane’, ‘Dinosaurs are extinct’,…”
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APP Receptor? To Be or Not To Be by Deyts, Carole, Thinakaran, Gopal, Parent, Angèle T

“…Amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its metabolites play a key role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. The idea that APP may function as a receptor has…”
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Frictional cohesive zone model for quasi-brittle fracture: Mixed-mode and coupling between cohesive and frictional behaviors by Venzal, V., Morel, S., Parent, T., Dubois, F.

“…In this study, a general frictional cohesive zone model (FCZM) dedicated to quasi-brittle fracture is proposed to describe the mechanical response of an…”
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Content Externalism and Quine's Criterion are Incompatible by Parent, T.

“…Externalism holds that the content of our utterances and thoughts are determined partly by the environment. Here, I offer an argument which suggests that…”
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Knowing-Wh and Embedded Questions by Parent, T.

“…Do you know who you are? If the question seems unclear, it might owe to the notion of ‘knowing‐wh’ (knowing‐who, knowing‐what, knowing‐when, etc.). Such…”
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Externalism and "knowing what" one thinks by Parent, T.

“…Some worry that semantic externalism is incompatible with knowing by introspection what content your thoughts have. In this paper, I examine one primary…”
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RULE FOLLOWING AND METAONTOLOGY by PARENT, T.

“…Parent talks about metaphysics. Semantics in the service of metaphysics has been overtly embraced recently by Sider. A primary thesis of this is that every…”
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The Empirical Case against Infallibilism by Parent, T.

“…Philosophers and psychologists generally hold that, in light of the empirical data, a subject lacks infallible access to her own mental states. However, while…”
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An Objection to the Laplacean Chalmers by Parent, T.

“…I discuss David Chalmers' Laplacean thesis of "scrutability." This is the view that a Laplacean intellect could infer all truths about the universe from a…”
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Loss of presenilin function is associated with a selective gain of APP function by Deyts, Carole, Clutter, Mary, Herrera, Stacy, Jovanovic, Natalia, Goddi, Anna, Parent, Angèle T

“…Presenilin 1 (PS1) is an essential γ-secretase component, the enzyme responsible for amyloid precursor protein (APP) intramembraneous cleavage. Mutations in…”
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On the PROVER9 Ontological Argument by Parent, T.

“…Oppenheimer & Zalta have re-formulated their non-modal version of the ontological argument, with the help of PROVER9, an automated reasoning engine. The…”
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APP-Mediated Signaling Prevents Memory Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model by Deyts, Carole, Clutter, Mary, Pierce, Nicholas, Chakrabarty, Paramita, Ladd, Thomas B., Goddi, Anna, Rosario, Awilda M., Cruz, Pedro, Vetrivel, Kulandaivelu, Wagner, Steven L., Thinakaran, Gopal, Golde, Todd E., Parent, Angèle T.

“…Amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its metabolites play key roles in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology. Whereas short amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides derived…”
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The Obama Trigger: Presidential Approval and Tea Party Membership by Maxwell, Angie, Parent, T. Wayne

“…Objective. This article utilizes national polling data to identify factors driving Tea Party membership. Methods. First, in order to clearly define the Tea…”
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D-Serine Is an Endogenous Ligand for the Glycine Site of the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor by Mothet, Jean-Pierre, Parent, Angele T., Wolosker, Herman, Brady, Roscoe O., Linden, David J., Ferris, Christopher D., Rogawski, Michael A., Snyder, Solomon H.

“…Functional activity of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors requires both glutamate binding and the binding of an endogenous coagonist that has been presumed…”
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In the Mental Fiction, Mental Fictionalism Is Fictitious by Parent, T.

“…"I am not speaking' is a truth I cannot speak. Similarly, when 'I am not thinking' is true, I cannot think it without rendering it false. But consider a world…”
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Lack of BACE1 S-palmitoylation reduces amyloid burden and mitigates memory deficits in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease by Andrew, Robert J., Fernandez, Celia G., Stanley, Molly, Jiang, Hong, Nguyen, Phuong, Rice, Richard C., Buggia-Prévot, Virginie, De Rossi, Pierre, Vetrivel, Kulandaivelu S., Lamb, Raza, Argemi, Arnau, Allaert, Emilie S., Rathbun, Elle M., Krause, Sofia V., Wagner, Steven L., Parent, Angèle T., Holtzman, David M., Thinakaran, Gopal

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by pathological brain lesions and a decline in cognitive function. β-Amyloid…”
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A Function for EHD Family Proteins in Unidirectional Retrograde Dendritic Transport of BACE1 and Alzheimer’s Disease Aβ Production by Buggia-Prévot, Virginie, Fernandez, Celia G., Udayar, Vinod, Vetrivel, Kulandaivelu S., Elie, Aureliane, Roseman, Jelita, Sasse, Verena A., Lefkow, Margaret, Meckler, Xavier, Bhattacharyya, Sohinee, George, Manju, Kar, Satyabrata, Bindokas, Vytautas P., Parent, Angèle T., Rajendran, Lawrence, Band, Hamid, Vassar, Robert, Thinakaran, Gopal

“…Abnormal accumulation of β-secretase (BACE1) in dystrophic neurites and presynaptic β-amyloid (Aβ) production contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis…”
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Spatial segregation of gamma-secretase and substrates in distinct membrane domains by Vetrivel, Kulandaivelu S, Cheng, Haipeng, Kim, Seong-Hun, Chen, Ying, Barnes, Natalie Y, Parent, Angèle T, Sisodia, Sangram S, Thinakaran, Gopal

“…Gamma-secretase facilitates the regulated intramembrane proteolysis of select type I membrane proteins that play diverse physiological roles in multiple cell…”
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African Americans and American Values: Does South Matter? by Sullivan, Jas M., Henderson, Michael, Parent, T. Wayne, Winburn, Jonathan

“…Objective This article examines the effects of southern culture on the attitudes and political predisposition of southern African Americans. Method Using…”
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