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• Species and Categories

  April 28, 2009

  •     Among the most basic of elements in the representation of concepts is the system of “categories” we all use to make sense of sensory information. Categories are similar to the mathematical concept of “sets” in which elements, perceived or conceived, are assigned to groups which are then manipulated as units in the conceptual process. It is clear that in the evolutionary ...
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• Death of an Obscure Giant

  March 1, 2009

  • I regret to note that long time Iris Press poet and novelist, George Scarbrough, died quietly in his sleep in Knoxville, Tennessee, on the morning of December 2, 2008. George had celebrated his 93rd birthday about six weeks earlier on October 20. He was mentally sharp until the end of his long life, but has been declining physically for the past few years. George was a unique and important voice ...
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