The Stuff of Thought

Indeed, the holism effect is a bit of a misnomer.

But the most common ones are myopic about the figure being positioned.

The holism effect is not an arbitrary stipulation tacked onto the rule

that it isn’t just recruited in contentious squabbles like invading Iraq versus liberating Iraq or manipulating a ball of cells versus killing a young person, where

Language itself is not a single system but a contraption with many components

that the agent’s feigned misunderstanding was a tactic to reverse the dominance relation and demote the arrogant passenger to well-deserved ignominy.

Expletive] you!” Without flinching, she smiled and said, “I’m sorry, sir, but you’ll have to stand in line for that too.”

While sexual and scatological language is more available than ever on cable, satellite, and the Internet, the American government, prodded by cultural conservatives, is trying to crack down on it, especially within the dwindling bailiwick of broadcast media.

mores and customs

until it becomes endemic to a community