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    Book Notices (review)
    International Philosophical Quarterly 48 (3): 415-415. 2008.
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    Emotions, Identifications, and Evaluation
    American Philosophical Quarterly 53 (1): 39-54. 2016.
    Theories of identification explain which elements in our mental economy determine our authoritative standpoint and which elements are external. My evaluative theory explains this special authority by considering the holistic pattern of emotional evaluations and evaluative judgments without excluding Jaworska's so-called "marginal cases".
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    Paul Ricoeur’s narrative and critical hermeneutics provides the conceptual resources to accommodate Barthes’ and similar critiques of subjectivity whilepositing a revised form of authorial intention similar to the “postulated author” of Alexander Nehamas and the “creative process” of Richard Wollheim. Though influenced by Barthian critiques, all three thinkers retain a notion of authorial intent*one distinct from the intentions of the historical author*necessary for the understanding of meaning …Read more
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    Characterization of facet joint cartilage properties in the human and interspecies comparisons
    with J. M. Link, E. O. Klineberg, J. C. Hu, and K. A. Athanasiou
    © 2017 Acta Materialia Inc.The facet joint, a synovial joint located on the posterior-lateral spine, is highly susceptible to degenerative changes and plays a significant role in back-related morbidities. Despite its significance, the facet is rarely studied and thus current treatment strategies are lacking. This study aimed to characterize, for the first time, the properties of human, pig, monkey, and rabbit lumbar facet cartilage providing much-needed design criteria for tissue engineering app…Read more