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Kate Ritchie

@kateritch.bsky.social

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Philosophy professor at UC Irvine working on (social) kinds and groups and our linguistic and mental representations of them

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

Not just a plant. A paste that he MADE using a plant. "A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek. After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up and healed in a month."

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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

UN experts: “Any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel that would be used in Gaza is likely to violate international humanitarian law and must cease immediately” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Arms exports to Israel must stop immediately: UN experts

GENEVA (23 February 2024) – Any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel that would be used in Gaza is likely to violate international humanitarian law and must cease immediately, UN experts* warne...

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Kate Ritchie @kateritch.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Not formal semantics, but this overview article is on spatial cognition and language evolution pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36871589/ And there’s work on proximal/distal demonstratives that might be relevant

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Gesture, spatial cognition and the evolution of language - PubMed

Human communication displays a striking contrast between the diversity of languages and the universality of the principles underlying their use in conversation. Despite the importance of this interact...

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