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  •  9
    Abduction and analogies in linguistic reconstruction inferences
    with Á Nepomuceno and F. J. Salguero Lamillar
    Logic Journal of the IGPL. forthcoming.
    The aim of this article is to analyse the kind of inference used in the reconstruction of proto-languages. Hypothesis is at the core of this reconstruction process and this, together with the structure of reasoning involved, indicates abductive reasoning. We analyse abductive reasoning, and specify its nuances and particularities. The novelty we introduce is the importance of context as we focus on a form of abduction that goes beyond the context in which the scientific work is being developed b…Read more
  •  5
    The intersection of gender and ethnicity in HIV risk, interventions, and prevention: New frontiers for psychology
    with G. E. Wyatt, A. B. Hamilton, D. Valencia-Garcia, L. M. Gant, and C. E. Graham
    This article articulates a contextualized understanding of gender and ethnicity as interacting social determinants of HIV risk and acquisition, with special focus on African Americans and HispanicsLatinos-2 ethnic groups currently at most risk for HIV/AIDS acquisition in the United States. First, sex and gender are defined. Second, a conceptual model of gender, ethnicity, and HIV risk and resilience is presented. Third, a historical backdrop of gender and ethnic disparities is provided, with att…Read more
  •  26
    Structure determination of quasicrystals
    with M. de Boissieu, H. Takakura, A. Yamamoto, and A. P. Tsai
    Philosophical Magazine 87 (18-21): 2613-2633. 2007.
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    The present study focuses on a grammatical category called evidentiality. The primary meaning of evidentiality is concerned with information source. That is, it expresses whether something has been seen, heard or inferred. The aim here is to conduct a conceptual study of evidentiality in which use is made of formal tools. The fundamental intuition is that the distinction between ‘evidence’as ‘proof’and ‘evidentiality’as ‘to do with proof’is a crucial one. Evidentiality is a dynamic notion to be …Read more
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    Positron trapping mechanism in plastically deformed magnesium
    with J. del Río and M. Ruano
    Philosophical Magazine 92 (5): 535-549. 2012.