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Steven M. Cahn - Portraits of American Philosophy

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Portraits of American Philosophy

2013

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1 A Life in Philosophy S. 5-24

„… philosophers seemed not yet to know how to dealwith it.There was no course in political philosophy—none that …” „… philosophy.IIIPhilosophy today is profoundly different from what it was at Harvardfifty years ago. What accounts for the …” „… ofthe history of philosophy.How did this development come about? What explains it? I don’tfully know …”

5 The Romance of Philosophy S. 87-104

„… studied philosophy—indeed, before I even had the foggiest idea about philosophy, when Iwas a high-school …” „… piece of philosophy,and I have never lost my love for the Platonic dialogues.I graduated from Chicago at …” „… ” to be built. There is only good and bad philosophy—and thereis plenty of both on either side of the …”

8 Unnatural Lotteries and Diversity in Philosophy S. 151-170

„… 8UNNATURAL LOTTERIES AND DIVERSITYIN PHILOSOPHYClaudia CardIn 1958, I took my first philosophy …” „… and Mary Daly led me deeper into Continental philosophy.Infamous for her tenure battle at Boston …” „… beganinserting their texts into my courses in ethics and American philosophy.Philosophers on the coasts probably …”

6 Reflections of My Career in Philosophy S. 105-128

„… Rockefeller a real university—to help in fashion-ing a program of graduate studies in philosophy.As I have …” „… really a very successful,episode in the history of American philosophy.VII loved Yale. It somehow …” „… philosophy—from the commonsense analyses developed byG. E. Moore, to the so-called ordinary-language approach …”

2 Sixty Years of Philosophy in a Life S. 25-46

„… philosophy.At Chicago, the chairman allowed me to give a graduate seminar onVictorian moral philosophy. I began …” „… Peirce much less. We argued for more than forty yearsabout what philosophy—particularly moral …” „… philosophy—might do andabout the value of Kantianism. He frequently convinced me; I rarelymanaged to change his …”

3 How It Was S. 47-62

„… introduced me to the twentiethcentury in philosophy—to works by G. E. Moore and A. J. Ayer inparticular, and …” „… philosophy:the job of the right-thinking philosopher is then to analyze those be-liefs—thereby solving the …” „… other of the subfields of philosophy,HOW IT WAS 57such as metaphysics or epistemology or ethics. They …”

7 God and Evil among the Philosophers S. 129-150

„… wouldPlato have said? This was the first crack in my naïveté about profession-al philosophy.III. THE SAGE …” „… . Wittgenstein came to bring an endto philosophy. Attempts to locate him in the history of philosophywould …” „… philosophy(e.g., philosophy of mind, epistemology, ethics) so that the philosopherof religion must be “a …”

Index S. 171-180

„… , 154 history of ideas, 109GI Bill, 105 history of philosophy: analytic philosophyGiddens, Anthony, 95 …” „… , 13, 16, 133, 140167 logic, 48, 133. See also intensional logic;Jobs in Philosophy/Jobs for …” „… , 165, 168–169. SeeWieck, Fred, 97 also feminism; feminist philosophyWiener Kreis, 133 women’s studies …”

4 A Philosopher’s Calling S. 63-86

„… and philosophy.The chair of the NYU philosophy department was Sidney Hook, oneof the former Marxists …” „… simply enraged her. But she loved the practice of philosophy—she was fascinated by all of it.We also …” „… philosophy, helping women in philosophy—she was also back-stage quietly raising four children. Academic women …”

About the Contributors S. 181-182

„… ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORSSteven M. Cahn (b. 1942) is professor of philosophy at the GraduateCenter of …” „… Philosophical Association in1991–1992.J. B. Schneewind (b. 1930) is professor emeritus of philosophy atJohns …” „… to 2002.Judith Jarvis Thomson (b. 1929) is professor emerita of philosophy atMassachusetts Institute …”

Introduction S. 1-4

„… , therefore, to these lectures about the de-velopment of American philosophy and philosophers seemed …” „… philosophy since 1950.These include the temporary dominance of logical positivism and thenordinary language …” „… philosophy; the animus between some supporters ofso-called analytic philosophy and Continental philosophy …”

Preface

„… PORTRAITSOFAMERICAN PHILOSOPHYPORTRAITSOFAMERICAN PHILOSOPHYEdited by Steven M. CahnROWMAN …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication DataPortraits of American philosophy / edited by Steven M. Cahn.pages cmIncludes bibliographical …” „… . Philosophy, American--20th century--Biography. I. Cahn, Steven M.B935.P665 2013191--dc232013012114TM The …”

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Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, James Maffie - Confluence

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J. W. Heisig Philosophy on a Bridge S. 257-270

„… Institute.I came to Japanese philosophy with an interest in Eastern philosophyseveral sizes larger than my …” „… where I had simultaneously enrolled in the graduateprogram in philosophy.In 1966 I heard Thomas Altizer …” „… Philosophy on a BridgeAbstractThe author takes a quick look back at his philosophical education …”

J. Ganeri Reflections on Re:emergent Philosophy S. 164-182

„… rea-son«:181Reflections on Re:emergent Philosophy{European Colonialism} Use the epistemic principles in …” „… ReplyReflections on Re:emergent Philosophy1 Philosophy without Borders andCosmopolitan Thought …” „… ZonesRe:emergent philosophy consists in a retrieval and rearticulation ofprecolonial philosophical heritages in …”

S. Nusseibeh Islam: Philosophy and Law-making S. 99-132

„… failed because of its (and philosophy’s) presumption of its pos-session of a superior reasoning …” „… and Political Philosophy,al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority Area132S. Nusseibeh …” „… Islam: Philosophy and Law-makingAbstractHistorically, ethical deliberations amongst religious …”

M. Stepanyants On the Way to Intercultural Philosophy S. 240-256

„… Intellectual JourneysOn the Way to Intercultural PhilosophyAbstractIn this autobiographical essay …” „… . My current philo-sophizing is marked by a turn towards intercultural philosophy.In many ways, my own …” „… Intercultural Philosophyme a good advice. I started to work at the Institute of Philosophy inSeptember 1959 and …”

J. Ganeri A Manifesto for Re:emergent Philosophy S. 134-142

„… Symposium:»Is Reason a Neutral Toolin Comparative Philosophy?«A Manifesto for Re:emergent …” „… PhilosophyAbstractIs Reason a Neutral Tool in Comparative Philosophy? In his answerto the symposium’s question …” „… the ambition and project of comparative philosophy.The world of academic philosophy is now entering a …”

P. Boghossian Is Comparative Philosophy Based Upon a Mistake? A Reply to Ganeri’s ›Re:emergent Philosophy‹ S. 149-153

„… Philosophy‹Comparative philosophy, as I understand it, is the study of philoso-phical problems in a cross-cultural …” „… Arabic philosophy.Recently, though, this insularity has been giving way. There is anew openness to, and …” „… philosophy.The Berggruen Institute for Philosophy and Culture (Los Angeles,USA) is funding postdoctoral …”

M. Levine Does Comparative Philosophy Have a Fusion Future? S. 208-238

„… philosophySiderits further misconstrues and misrepresents comparative philoso-phy’s methodological concerns as well …” „… philosophy/religion versus that offusion philosophy? Fusion philosophy’s view is that it has supersededcomparative …” „… Discussion ArticleDoes Comparative PhilosophyHave a Fusion Future?*AbstractThis essay challenges …”

C. Idika J. O. Chimakonam (ed.), Atụọlụ Ọmalụ: Shaping Future African Philosophy S. 286-290

„… Book ReviewsShaping Future African PhilosophyJ. O. Chimakonam (ed.), Atụọlụ Ọmalụ: Some …” „… thataims at a future African philosophy.The editor, Jonathan Chimakonam, and contributors to this vo-lume …” „… , Knowledge, Logic, Democ-racy, Cultural Imperialism, Transliteration, Culture of Philosophy,Language, the …”

Lin Ma On the Paradigm Shift of Comparative Studies of Heidegger and Chinese Philosophy S. 81-98

„… On the Paradigm Shift of Comparative Studiesof Heidegger and Chinese PhilosophyAbstractIn this …” „… philosophy.First, because of the expansion ofWestern thinking, modern aca-demic systems have been unavoidably …” „… Chinese philosophy.A good example that illustrates such a reversal is David Chai’srecent article in Review …”

G. Stewart What’s In a Name? In Support of A Manifesto for Re:emergent Philosophy S. 154-162

„… Manifesto for Re:emergent Philosophyneri’s vision for the future of philosophy, as well as those he …” „… What’s In a Name?In Support of A Manifesto forRe:emergent PhilosophyI was lucky enough to meet …” „… conversation through thepages of this journal. I draw on a background in Māori philosophy(Mika 2014; Stewart …”

M. Abu Sway On the Possibility of Rational Neutrality in Comparative Philosophy: A Response to Jonardon Ganeri S. 144-148

„… ResponsesOn the Possibility of Rational Neutralityin Comparative Philosophy:A Response to Jonardon …” „… cross-cultural philosophyand fusion philosophy are in line with cross-culturality, where think-ing is most likely …” „… GaneriIn »A Manifesto for Re:emergent Philosophy« written for the Con-fluence symposium on the question »Is …”

Notes on Contributors S. 305-312

„… Islamic Studies, Al-Quds University(2014).He has been Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Studies at …” „… Univer-sity of Singapore, and currently Visiting Professor, Department ofPhilosophy, University of Toronto …” „… and Prasenjit Duara, Brill, 2016). His recent researchfocuses on the implications for philosophy of …”

References S. 183-186

„… PhilosophyM. Peters, W. Hope, J. Marshall, and S. Webster (eds.), Critical Theory, Post-structuralism and the …” „… ReferencesM. Abu Sway, ›On the Possibility of Rational Neutrality in Comparative Phi-losophy: A …” „… Constructivism,Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.P. Boghossian, ›Is Comparative Philosophy Based Upon a Mistake? A …”

D. Raveh Thinking Dialogically about Dialogue with Martin Buber and Daya Krishna S. 8-32

„… possible.2 Martin Buber and Indian PhilosophyMartin Buber (1878–1965) is one of the few who does not …” „… traditions.There are of course exceptions, but by and large, Western philosophy(like the West in general) is …” „… alike, is a central feature ofhis philosophy.In the following paragraphs, I will touch on merely one …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-6

„… : Philosophy and Law-making . . . . . . . . 99Symposium: Is Reason a Neutral Tool inComparative Philosophy?J …” „… Comparative Studies ofHeidegger and Chinese Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81S. Nusseibeh, Islam …” „… . Ganeri, A Manifesto for Re:emergent Philosophy . . . . . . . 134ResponsesM. Abu Sway, On the Possibility …”

T. Connolly Virtues and Roles in Early Confucian Ethics S. 272-284

„… ethics, early Confucianism, comparative philoso-phy, comparative methodology, relational self.In early …” „… in Early Chi-nese Philosophy, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007; and J. Yu, The Ethicsof …” „… Problems, Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 2007, pp. 297–312.6 T. Connolly, Doing Philosophy Comparatively …”

Y. Ertem »Light and Shadow« Summer School in Istanbul, 17–22 August 2015 S. 300-304

„… computed, supposing the sun is on a certain degreeabove the horizon.Philosophy and MysticQudratullah …” „… Qorbani (Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran) discussed»Suhrawardī’s (1155–1191) Illuminationist Philosophy …” „… « (hikmet-ulishrak), emphasizing the central role of light and darkness in Suhra-302Y. Ertemwardī’s philosophy …”

S. Bhatt Marwaha Siddhis and Psi Research: An Interdisciplinary Analysis S. 33-58

„… . Lobmrozo, J. Knobe, and S. Nichols, Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy,Volume 1, Oxford: Oxford …” „… , Larry Dossey,Stephen Schwartz), this viewpoint is embedded in Indian philosophy.K. Ramakrishna Rao …” „… .1 IntroductionSince the 1930s, Indian philosophy began its transformation into anIndian psychology …”

W. D. Hund W. E. B. Du Bois in the Ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto: Notes on the Relations of ›Race‹ and ›Racism‹ S. 188-206

„… . Goldberg, Racist Culture. Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning, Malden [etal.]: Blackwell, 1993.4 I. Law …” „… .), Postcolonial African Philosophy, Oxford[et al.]: Blackwell, 1997, pp. 103–140; R. Lagier, Les Races humaines …” „… . Valls (ed.), Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy, Ithaca [et al.]: Cornell Uni-versity Press, 2005, pp …”

E. Kelly Brief Comments on »Siddhis and Psi Research: An Interdisciplinary Analysis« S. 59-61

„… : Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science,Lanham: University Press of America, 1997 [revised edition]; M …”

A. Bala The Scientific Revolution and the Transmission Problem S. 62-80

„… .), The Philosophy of Science, Oxford: Ox-ford University Press, pp. 139–165.of Mercury, he applied the …”

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Sean Winkler - Boris Hessen and Philosophy

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Bibliography S. 157-168

„… Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931; Neglected Debates on Emergence and …” „… Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931; Neglected Debates on Emergence and …” „… Material on the Work of Richard von Mises.” In Boris Hes-sen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union …”

1: Practice and Ideology S. 1-22

„… material-ist philosophy.Freudenthal and McLaughlin’s works have done a great service in assert-ing that the …” „… history of early modern mechanistic philosophy—“The Social Foundations of the Mechanistic Philosophy and …” „… philosophy in his “The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia” (the 1931 Newton paper). The Hessen …”

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„… Boris Hessen and PhilosophyReframing the Boundaries: Thinking the PoliticalSeries editors: Alison …” „… Modern Physics, Sean WinklerBoris Hessen and PhilosophyThe Socioeconomic Roots of Classical and Modern …” „… work can be of relevance to the political.Titles in the SeriesKierkegaard and the Matter of Philosophy …”

Index S. 169-178

„… ” (Hessen), 23, 24, 26–29Principia (Newton). See Mathematical Principles of Natural PhilosophyPrinciples of …” „… systems, 122“Conspectus on Hegel’s Book Lectures on the History of Philosophy” (Lenin), 13“Conspectus on …” „… , 3–4; Lenin on, 13, 55, 57–58; limitations of, 103–4; Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy …”

3: Modern Physics S. 53-83

„… with dialectical materialist philosophy and socialist construction. In support of my claims, I will …” „… history and philosophy of science. Neither Karl Marx nor Friedrich Engels ever claimed to be the …” „… culmination of the history of philosophy and science, but they used sev-eral names for their own scientific …”

2: Idealism and Materialism S. 23-52

„… writes the following in his Principles of Philosophy:I recognize no matter in corporeal things apart from …” „… resemblance to works found in the so- called “internalist” camp of the history and philosophy of science …” „… paradigmatic example of the externalist approach to the history and philosophy of science. The Dictionary of …”

4: A Pantheon of Great Ideas S. 84-101

„… an empiricist approach to the history and philosophy of science. From there I will move to The Social …” „… Hessen’s Deborinite dialectical materialist approach to the his-tory and philosophy of science as a …” „… one hand, it played a tremendous role in lib-erating natural philosophy from scholasticism, but on the …”

Conclusion S. 102-105

„… philosopher, Boris Hessen’s approach to the history and philosophy of sci-ence. Because the study of Hessen’s …” „… history and philosophy of science. I began by presenting Hessen’s implicit understanding of practice and …” „… philosophy and the sciences, foster the ongoing develop-ment of scientific theories. I then presented a …”

Postscript S. 106-113

„… Hessen’s application of Deborinite dialectical materialist philosophy to contemporary scientific questions …” „… production and Hessen’s role therein can help us to better see how Hessen’s philosophy developed. They also …” „… materialist philosophy to specific scientific con-cepts and notable figures. Most importantly, they show how …”

Space S. 114-116

„… philosophy. While materialism recognizes S. as an objective reality, idealism considers it to be a form of …” „… work, Mathematical Principles of Natural Space 115Philosophy. The essence of Newton’s concept comes …”

Energy S. 120-136

„… further points out the passage from Feuerbach’s history of philoso-phy, where Feuerbach says that unlike …” „… of Feuerbach’s Book Exposition, Analysis and Critique of the Philosophy of Leibnitz,” 377.5. Ibid.6 …”

Entropy S. 137-150

„… had been forced upon physicists by some variety of malicious philosophy, but was one concocted by the …”

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Martin Hartmann, Arvi Särkelä - Naturalism and Social Philosophy

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Martin Hartmann, Arvi Särkelä Chapter 1: Naturalism and Social Philosophy: An Introduction S. 1-16

„… this vocabulary even carries part of social philosophy’s critical weight. Is the social philosopher’s …” „… PhilosophyAn IntroductionMartin Hartmann and Arvi Särkelä2 Martin Hartmann and Arvi Särkeläof social philosophy …” „… and Social PhilosophyOne obvious way of doing so is to call certain cultural achievements second …”

About the Editors S. 277-278

„… 277Martin Hartmann is professor of philosophy at the University of Lucerne. He focuses on political …” „… philosophy, social philosophy, the philosophy of trust, Critical Theory, and the philosophy of emotions. He …” „… has published books on trust, John Dewey, the philosophy of emotions, and articles on Critical Theory …”

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„… Naturalism and Social PhilosophyESSEX STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORYSeries Editors: Peter …” „… • LondonNaturalism and Social PhilosophyContemporary PerspectivesEdited by Martin Hartmann and Arvi SärkeläPublished …” „… Dews, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex; Lorna Finlayson, Lecturer in Philosophy at …”

Index S. 267-276

„… , 250–51; reification, analysis of, 26–27; social philosophy, 245; works, 245–62alienation, 170, 234–35 …” „… philosophy, 12Darwinian selection, 67, 74, 205n4, 214Davis, John B., 240Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices …” „… , 92–95; Lectures in China, 184–86; Lectures on Political Philosophy, 184, 189–94; Logic. A theory of …”

Part III: Naturalism and Social Criticism S. 197-266

„… shape of naturalism in social philosophy.Nietzsche’s second and third Untimely Meditations touch upon …” „… one of social philosophy’s central debates today, the discourse on social pathologies (see Honneth …” „… philosophy’s critical claim is to be understood. As to the first set of issues, two ways to distinguish social …”

Part II: Embodiment and Social Life S. 131-196

„… for developing a naturalistic social philosophy and a cross-disciplinary conceptual framework from …” „… pragmatist notion of habit is particu-larly useful as a cross-disciplinary framework for social philosophy …” „… model of interaction can be captured in social philosophy by the idea that habits operate as social …”

Part I: Second Nature and Forms of Life S. 17-130

„… Part ISECOND NATURE AND FORMS OF LIFENATURALISTIC KEY CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY19In his …” „… Philosophy of Right, Hegel describes ethical customs as a “second nature” (1991). He was quite aware of the …” „… his Philosophy of Mind, he offers the following justifica-tion: through our repeated practices we …”

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Matthew Sharpe - The Other Enlightenment

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Voltaire’s Smiling Philosophy S. 63-86

„… 63Chapter 3Voltaire’s Smiling PhilosophyAN IGNORANT PHILOSOPHER?Voltaire’s centrality to any …” „… , entertain, persuade, and move different audiences, reflects this old sense of philosophy as a moral or …” „… Philosophy 65animates. We know little more about it, our intelligence being limited. Three quarters of …”

Bibliography S. 165-176

„… Maspero, 1970.Bernasconi, Robert, and S. Cook, eds. Race and Racism in Continental Philosophy. Bloomington …” „… ”, History of Philosophy Quarterly 27, no. 2 (2010): 165–80.Buck-Morss, Susan. Hegel, Haiti, and Universal …” „… , Ernst. The Philosophy of the Enlightenment. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1955.Chakrabarty, Dipesh …”

Preface

„… 9781538160220 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Enlightenment—Europe. | Other (Philosophy)—History—18th century …” „… partnership with the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics & Ethics (CAPPE), University of Brighton.Series …” „… Editors:Bob Brecher, professor of moral philosophy, University of BrightonRobin Dunford, senior lecturer in …”

Introduction S. 1-20

„… , before percolating more widely into philosophy and other social sciences.3In this doxastic constellation …” „… children’s fairy tale. I did not at that time know much of Leibniz, Pope, or Rationalist philosophy. But …” „… history and phi-losophy: à la mode French thinkers like Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, or Roland …”

About the Author S. 181-182

„… 181About the AuthorMatthew Sharpe teaches philosophy and psychoanalytic studies at Deakin …” „… Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions, Directions (Bloomsbury, 2021), The Times Will Suit Them …” „… ; Routledge, 2017), and co-translator of Pierre Hadot, Selected Writings: Philosophy as Practice (Bloomsbury …”

Enlightenment, Race, Slavery, and Anti-Colonialism S. 109-134

„… with Newtonian physics and cosmology which profoundly shaped his philosophy—not the other way around …” „… , for this identifica-tion of the stadial philosophy of history sketched in Smith—but also in Turgot and …” „… leading) enlight-eners held to this progressive, stadial philosophy of history. But this cannot be …”

Locke, Bayle, Critique, and Toleration S. 21-42

„… long-lost or hidden texts of pagan antiquity: works of poetry, history, and philosophy which had animated …” „… forms of natural philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were ways of discovering truths …” „… could be effected.18 Bacon strongly challenged the forms of Aristotelian philosophy taught in the …”

Eyesight from the Blind S. 87-108

„… ”, *** hence reflects, calling this philosophy:an extravagant system which should to my thinking have been the …” „… experience does not bear the hypothesis out:I once knew a man who was blind from birth and studied philosophy …” „… offspring of blindness itself; and yet, to the disgrace of the human mind and philosophy, it is the most …”

The Enlightenment, Sexuality, and Gender S. 135-156

„… in D’Alembert’s Dream, or Suzanne Simonin, the heroine of Diderot’s The Nun. The new philosophy, as …” „… was because of them that French writ-ers warmed thought with feeling and graced philosophy with wit …” „… philosophy was itself distributed as contraband, like pornography, in brown paper bags, or else smuggled into …”

Index S. 177-180

„… Cunegonde (in Candide), 76, 77178 IndexCynicism, Cynics (philosophy, philosophers), 95De Gouges, Olympe, 14 …” „… , 37, 57, 64–65, 75, 77, 78, 81, 99, 122, 123, 145, 146experiment, experimental philosophy …”

Paris-Persia S. 43-62

„… free-thinking is more understandable than systematic philosophy and where the audience is the largest possible …” „… Enlightenment, 61–87.15. On this philosophical exercise, see Hadot, “View from Above”, in Philosophy as a Way of …”

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