Composition as Identity Doesn’t Settle the Special Composition Question1

Orthodoxy says that the thesis that composition is identity (CAI) entails universalism: the claim that any collection of entities has a sum. If this is true it counts in favour of CAI, since a thesis about the nature of composition that settles the otherwise intractable special composition question (SCQ) is desirable. But I argue that it is false: CAI is compatible with the many forms of restricted composition, and SCQ is no easier to answer given CAI than otherwise. Furthermore, in seeing why this is the case we reveal an objection to CAI: that it allows for the facts concerning what there is to be settled whilst leaving open the question about what is identical to what.     

Predicting Work Release Performance For Federal Inmates

The problem was to determine the ability of 29 selected independent variables to predict work release performance. An analysis of the data via multiple linear regression showed that the MMPI-Pd Scale, longest time one job, GATB-V, age first arrested, wage on work release, longest prior sentence, number times arrested, and age at present provided a significant combination of predictors, with a multiple R of .63.     

Psychological and Social Ramifications of Battering: Observations Leading to a Counseling Methodology for Victims of Domestic Violence

This article offers a profile of men who batter, a set of the common characteristics observed among victims and an analysis of the destructive forces that keep the victims captive.