A night of escalation
(a continuation of A night of uncertainty)
We arrived at the restaurant right on time. The ride was very quiet. Grayson sat off to one side, silent and still as a statue. Face as stone.
Savannah wasn't any better. She seemed more relaxed, but kept herself at a distance.
I decided trying to talk to them wouldn't be a good idea. Instead, I buried myself in my phone. Looking on Pinterest in between texting with Slater.
Me: Warning! Grayson is in a foul mood.☹️
Slater: Don't worry I can handle him.
Me: I know. Don't say anything to rile him up.
Slater: I'll try not. No promises.
I sighed. This was going to be a long night. I sent him a text.
Me: For me, will you?
Slater: *Sighs* Yes. For you dear, I will.
Me: You're the best!!❤️❤️❤️
He didn't respond. I could see the eyeroll he was making at that moment for my use of emojis. He never used them, like someone else I know.
The five star restaurant was quiet, only an occasional loud voice here and there. We were led to a private room in the back. To my surprise, Matias Slater was already there.
I was even more shocked by what he was wearing. Usually attired in a ratty T shirt and pants, this time he had on a simple, but nice black two piece suit. A causal shirt could be seen underneath the dress coat. I tried not to think that he had pulled out all the stops for me.
"Gigi." He replied stiffly, all the while looking at Grayson with hard eyes.
"Slate." I said, using his nickname. "Nice to see you."
He nodded but didn't respond.
"Well," Savannah said, trying to loosen up the tension. "Let's eat."
We sat down to a hearty meal of grilled chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, rolls, and blueberry pie for dessert.
There wasn't much talking. Honestly, it was me and Slater doing it, and that was hardly anything. There was no denying the tension in the room.
I thought we were going to make it unscaled, but then Savannah asked what Slater was doing for work.
He cleared his throat. "I gather information for my boss."
"Like an informant?"
"No, not exactly."
Savannah then saw the picture. "You're a spy."
Slater didn't deny it, but he didn't fight it either. Savannah didn't need him to, she saw.
"Well, I had no idea you were a spy. I assume it's for the government."
I tried not to laugh. Slater didn't work for the government.
"No." He replied "I don't."
"But," Savannah was cut off.
"He works for a girl named Eve." It was the first time my older half brother had spoken since we had started eating. His piercing blue eyes stared right into Slater's black ones.
"And who's Eve?" Savannah asked, for once unaware of what was going on.
"Grayson's old girlfriend." I said
"My boss." Slater replied at the same time.
"It's a long story." Grayson replied. "And one we will refrain from telling." His voice broached no agruement.
"I'll tell you." Slater said. I could see Grayson beginning to bristle.
"And I said no."
Slater didn't make a single move. No emotion whatsoever playing on his face or words. "If the young lady wants to hear it, I don't see why not."
"You leave Savannah alone." Grayson was getting riled. "And Gigi too for that matter. You are not to see her again."
"You're not her boss. Her mother is. She can tell her daughter who she can and can't see."
"You're right. But I'm sure she will agree with me that her daughter shouldn't be seeing a spy, or more less a murderer."
I gave a little gasp. "You murdered someone? You never told me that."
"You never asked." Slater was dead still. "And I don't know how you found out either." pointing it at Grayson.
"I have connections."
Savannah slowly raised herself with as much dignity as she could. "I believe it is time to go." she declared.
I stood as well. "Thank you Slate for meeting us. But Sav is right, we do need to go. It's getting late. Grayson, you coming?"
He looked up. "Yes, I am." Slater stood as well.
We were getting ready to leave when Slater called out. "Oh and Grayson? Eve wanted me to give you a message."
My brother turned ever so slightly.
"She said be careful what you say. It might come back to bit you."
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﹒﹒ male names masterlist !
in honor of my third milestone on here ( thank you sm ) , i’ve decided to release a master list of 400+male names i personally love and think could be used more in the community . this was also requested by a few anons and names will be added to the list frequently . the names are sorted by first letter but not alphabetically within each letter category . if you found this useful , feel free to like or reblog to spread this !
A : alston, ander, adamo, alex, austen, ace, arian, adrian, atlas, augustus, axel, archer, angel, archie, aaron, abel, asher, amir, adriel, andrew, ace, alejandro, arlo, adonis, atticus, abram, ambrose.
B : bryce, bryson, benji, bellamy, banks, bear, beau, bentley, barrett, brody, brayden, bennett, braxton, bowen, briggs, baker, bruce, benson, bristol, boston, brycen, bryant, brock, brendan, bruno, byron, braden, bronson, braeson.
C : colton, cartier, cyrus, caleb, carter, cedric, carson, cohen, calvin, callum, casper, caspius, chase, cole, connor, camden, colt, caden, cash, crew, chance, clayton, cruz, cairo, corbin, colson, cesar, clark.
D : damon, damien, darren, dylan, dominic, declan, dean, dario, drew, dimitri, dakota, dawson, daxton, dante, desmond, denver, dax, deacon, drake, derrick, darius, duke, deandre, dash, dilan, dayton, duncan, dior.
E : eduardo, edward, elias, emilien, evan, easton, everett, emmett, enzo, ezra, elliot, emmanuel, ezekial, elias, emerson, eric, emory, edwin, elian, esteban, edison, emir, everest, eliseo, everley.
F : florencio, flynn, fabio, forester, francis, flynn, fallon, finn, finnick, felix, fernando, finnegan, fabian, ford, forbes, fletcher, fisher, fox, fitz, flint, fulton.
G : giovanni, gage, gomez, grayson, griffin, grant, graham, gavin, grant, gianni, gunner, gideon, gregory, grey, gustavo, guillermo, gentry, gadiel, gabriel.
H : halton, herman, holden, hayes, hudson, hayden, harrison, harlow, harvey, hugo, hank, henley, holland, hamza, hugh, houston, hakeem.
I : isaac, icarius, idris, ian, ivan, isaiah, ismael, ilan, irvin, iain.
J : julian, juniper, joao, joaquim, jordan, jaxton, joshua, josiah, javier, jayden, justin, jonah, jace, jasper, jay, jj, jackson, jeremiah, judah, joel, jensen, jaylen, jonas, jamal.
K : kai, kolton, kaleb, klaus, kyrie, kingston, kayden, king, kobe, knox, kyler, kaden, khalil, kane, killian, keegan, kian, kamden, kieran, keanu, kyland, kareem, kasen,
L : liam, lukas, logan, lucien, lawrence, leo, leighton, leon, lindell, lamar, latrell, larson, lance, levi, luke, landon, luca, lincoln, landon, lorenzo, london, lennox, leonel, lawson, luciano, layton, lux, leroy, lamar.
M : micaiah, mateo, marcell, manny, mac, malcolm, mckay, meechie, matias, mason, maverick, mitch, murphy, miles, malachi, maddox, marshall, malik, moses, marvin, milo.
N : noah, nicolai, nasir, nico, nash, neymar, naveen, nehemiah, nixon, nelson, nigel, niles, nolyn, namir.
O : orlando, ozzy, oliver, omar, orion, otto, odin, otis, oskar, osvaldo, owen.
P : peyton, parker, pearce, prince, preston, porter, pierre, penn, patton, paxton, paolo, pope, percy.
Q : quentin, quinn, quint, quang.
R : roman, rowan, reid, riggs, reece, rafael, ryland, roland, ronan, rhett, rhys, rory, rainer, roscoe, rocco, ryder, ryker, remington, russell, romeo, raiden, ruben, ridge, rex, rudy, remy.
S : sawyer, spencer, salem, salvatore, stefan, samson, sebastian, samuel, santiago, silas, sutton, sterling, sully, sergio, seth, santino, santibel, soren, saint, samir, saul, sal, santos, slater, santino.
T : tyson, tyrin, taylor, teagan, tobias, troye, tristan, tucker, theo, torrento, tanner, travis, tripp, trenton, trey, tomas, talon, thad, terrance, teddy.
U : uriel, ulysesses, umar, urbane, uri, ursel, usher.
V : valencio, victor, valence, valentino, vance, victor, vaughn, vincent, virgil, vernon, vander, vito, vero, villard.
W : wick, walker, weston, wyatt, wolfgang, wells, wilder, wesley, walter, warren, wade, winston, watson, wiley, waylen.
X : xavier, xander, xane, xavion, xavi, xiomar, xackery, xan.
Y : yosef, yosan, york, yasir, yoel, yuri, yannis.
Z : zane, zakhar, zavier, zion, zahir, zev, zeus, zacharias.
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Modern Physics
Synthese, Vol. 194, #6, 2017
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David Ebrey. The Asceticism of the Phaedo: Pleasure, Purification, and the Soul’s Proper Activity.
Agnes Callard. Enkratēs Phronimos.
Jean-Luc Solère. Bayle and Panpsychism.
Matias Slavov. Hume’s Fork and Mixed Mathematics.
Book Reviews
Christian Vassallo. Pierre Destrée / Penelope Murray (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics.
Bernd Goebel. Katherin A. Rogers, Freedom and Self-Creation: Anselmian Libertarianism.
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Robert Cowan. Rossian Conceptual Intuitionism.
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Discussions
Matthew Salett Andler. Gender Identity and Exclusion: A Reply to Jenkins.
Jacob M. Nebel. Priority, Not Equality, for Possible People.
Review Essay
David Estlund. The Ideal, the Neighborhood, and the Status Quo: Gaus on the Uses of Justice.
Book Reviews
Fred Feldman, Distributive Justice: Getting What We Deserve from Our Country is reviewed by Joseph Mendola.
Christopher Kutz, On War and Democracy is reviewed by Jonathan Parry.
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Luck Egalitarianism is reviewed by Kristin Voigt.
Tim Mulgan, Purpose in the Universe: The Moral and Metaphysical Case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism is reviewed by
Thaddeus Metz.
Michael A. Neblo, Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice is reviewed by Kai Spiekermann.
Carolyn Price, Emotion is reviewed by Christine Tappolet.
Scott Sehon, Free Will and Action Explanation: A Non-causal, Compatibilist Account is reviewed by Maria Alvarez.
William R. Shaw, Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War is reviewed by Ryan Jenkins.
Toby Svoboda, Duties Regarding Nature: A Kantian Environmental Ethic is reviewed by Emily Brady.
Allen W. Wood, Fichte’s Ethical Thought is reviewed by Nedim Nome.
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Contemporary Pragmatism, Vol. 14, #2, 2017
Research Articles
John Capps. A Pragmatic Argument for a Pragmatic Theory of Truth.
Kenji Juzuu. Philosophical Exorcism and Pragmatic Sharing of the Unsharable: A Return from Rorty to Dewey through John Cassavetes and David Lynch.
Joseph W. Long. When to Believe Upon Insufficient Evidence: Three Criteria.
Rodrigo Laera. Dogmatic Evidence of "The Given."
Stéphane Madelrieux. Pragmatism: The Task before Us.
Alexander Livingston. Pragmatism, Practice and the Politics of Critique.
Brad Elliott Stone. A Prophetic Pragmatist Response to Koopman’s Transitional Pragmatism.
Colin Koopman. Being Pragmatist about Pragmatism: Replies to Stéphane Madelrieux, Alexander Livingston, and Brad Stone.
Book Reviews
Alva Nöe. Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, review by Brian E. Butler
Pentti Määthttänen. Mind in Action: Experience and Embodied Cognition in Pragmatism, review by Joel Richeimer.
Michael Slater. Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Religion, review by Nate Jackson.
Beth L. Eddy. Evolutionary Pragmatism and Ethics, review by Justin Bell.
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Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Vol. 48, #2, 2017
Obituary
Margareta Hallberg. Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science: Mary Hesse (1924–2016).
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Jan Baedke, Tobias Schöttler. Visual Metaphors in the Sciences: The Case of Epigenetic Landscape Images.
Jacques Bair, Piotr Błaszczyk, Robert Ely. Interpreting the Infinitesimal Mathematics of Leibniz and Euler.
Jean-Michel Delhôtel. Retaining Structure: A Relativistic Perspective.
Boris Kožnjak. Kuhn Meets Maslow: The Psychology Behind Scientific Revolutions.
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Alexander Christian. The Second International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP.2016), 8–11 March 2016.
Nicole J. Saam. What is a Computer Simulation? A Review of a Passionate Debate.
Book review
Stephan Kornmesser and Gerhard Schurz (eds): Die multiparadigmatische Struktur der Wissenschaften. Stefan Heidl.
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Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 143, #2, 2017
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Christian Voegtlin, Andreas Georg Scherer. Responsible Innovation and the Innovation of Responsibility: Governing Sustainable Development in a Globalized World.
Arnaldo Camuffo, Federica De Stefano, Chiara Paolino. Safety Reloaded: Lean Operations and High Involvement Work Practices for Sustainable Workplaces.
Aoife Brophy Haney. Threat Interpretation and Innovation in the Context of Climate Change: An Ethical Perspective.
Bari L. Bendell. I don't Want to be Green: Prosocial Motivation Effects on Firm Environmental Innovation Rejection Decisions.
Edwin Rühli, Sybille Sachs, Ruth Schmitt, Thomas Schneider. Innovation in Multistakeholder Settings: The Case of a Wicked Issue in Health Care.
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Chanhoo Song, Seung Hun Han. Stock Market Reaction to Corporate Crime: Evidence from South Korea.
Xingqiang Du, Jianying Weng, Quan Zeng, Hongmei Pei. Culture, Marketization, and Owner-Manager Agency Costs: A Case of Merchant Guild Culture in China.
Andre A. Pekerti, Denni Arli. Do Cultural and Generational Cohorts Matter to Ideologies and Consumer Ethics? A Comparative Study of Australians, Indonesians, and Indonesian Migrants in Australia.
François Maon, Valérie Swaen, Adam Lindgreen. One Vision, Different Paths: An Investigation of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in Europe.
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David Miller. Fair Trade: What Does It Mean and Why Does It Matter?
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Jessica Flanigan. Seat Belt Mandates and Paternalism.
Stephen J. White. Responsibility and the Demands of Morality.
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Thom Brooks. Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law.
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Eric Reitan. Terrorism: A Philosophical Investigation, written by Igor Primoratz
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Lawrence J. Jost. Rethinking Virtue Ethics, written by Michael Winter.
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Carolina Sartorio. PAP-Style Cases.
Duncan Pritchard. Epistemic Risk.
Lei Zhong. Physicalism, Psychism, and Phenomenalism.
New Books: Translations
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Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 48, #2, 2017
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Sarah Sorial. The Expression of Anger in the Public Sphere.
Jeremy Fischer. Self-Assessment and Social Practices.
James Stacey Taylor. How Not to Argue for Markets (or, Why the Argument from Mutually Beneficail Exchange Fails).
Jeffry L. Ramsey and Olivia O'Connor. Hume and Same-Sex Marriage.
Vittorio Bufacchi. Colonialism, Injustice, and Arbitrariness.
Nicole Dular. Moral Testimony under Oppression.
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Nursing Philosophy, Vol. 18, #3, 2017
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Derek Sellman. Nursing, recycling and the environment.
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Carole Rushton and David Edvardsson. Reconciling concepts of space and person-centred care of the older person with cognitive impairment in the acute care setting.
Alastair Morgan. Against compassion: in defence of a “hybrid” concept of empathy.
Marc Roberts. A critical analysis of the failure of nurses to raise concerns about poor patient care.
Sylvia Määttä, Kim Lützén and Stina Öresland. Contract theories and partnership in health care. A philosophical inquiry to the philosophy of John Rawls and Seyla Benhabib.
Roger Alan Newham. The emotion of compassion and the likelihood of its expression in nursing practice.
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Sherry Dahlke and Sarah Stahlke Wall. Does the emphasis on caring within nursing contribute to nurses' silence about practice issues?
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Peter Allmark. Aristotle for nursing.
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Ben Holland. The Perpetual Peace Puzzle: Kant on persons and states.
Joshua Preiss. Libertarian personal responsibility: On the ethics, practice and American politics of personal responsibility.
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William Roche, Elliott Sober. Explanation = Unification? A New Criticism of Friedman’s Theory and a Reply to an Old One.
Jacob Stegenga, Tarun Menon. Robustness and Independent Evidence.
Christian Loew. The Asymmetry of Counterfactual Dependence.
Gerhard Schurz. Interactive Causes: Revising the Markov Condition.
Nina Emery. A Naturalist’s Guide to Objective Chance.
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Paolo Galeazzi, Michael Franke. Smart Representations: Rationality and Evolution in a Richer Environment.
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Marcel Weber. Which Kind of Causal Specificity Matters Biologically?
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Nora Mills Boyd. Franklin’s Field Guide to Scientific Experiments.
Samuel C. Fletcher. Against the Topologists: Essay Review of New Foundations for Physical Geometry.
Oron Shagrir. Review of Physical Computation: A Mechanistic Account by Gualtiero Piccinini.
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Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Vol. 16, #2, 2017
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Andrew Williams. Symposium on justice, the family and public policy.
Articles
Ingvild Almås, Alexander W Cappelen, Kjell G Salvanes, Erik Ø Sørensen, Bertil Tungodden. Fairness and family background.
Elizabeth Brake. Fair care: Elder care and distributive justice.
Serena Olsaretti. Children as negative externalities?
Gina Schouten. Citizenship, reciprocity, and the gendered division of labor: A stability argument for gender egalitarian political interventions.
Brian Kogelmann. Aggregating out of indeterminacy: Social choice theory to the rescue.
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Jan Potters, Bert Leuridan. Studying scientific thought experiments in their context: Albert Einstein and electromagnetic induction.
Barbara Drossel. Ten reasons why a thermalized system cannot be described by a many-particle wave function.
Alexei Grinbaum. How device-independent approaches change the meaning of physical theory.
Jeffrey A. Barrett. Typical worlds.
O.J.E. Maroney. Measurements, disturbances and the quantum three box paradox.
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Daniel Jon Mitchell. Making sense of absolute measurement: James Clerk Maxwell, William Thomson, Fleeming Jenkin, and the invention of the dimensional formula.
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Synthese, Vol. 194, #6, 2017
Original Papers
María Manzano, Enrique Alonso. A note on Visions of Henkin.
Lenny Clapp. On denying presuppositions.
Jie Gao. Rational action without knowledge (and vice versa).
Matthew W. McKeon. Statements of inference and begging the question.
Christian Loew Pages 1945-1965. Causation, physics, and fit.
Charles H. Pence. Is genetic drift a force?
Boris Hennig. The man without properties.
Markos Valaris. What reasoning might be.
Paul D. Thorn. On the preference for more specific reference classes.
Matthew Tugby. The problem of retention.
John D. Greenwood. Solitary social belief.
Benjamin Lennertz. Probabilistic consistency norms and quantificational credences.
Yongfeng Yuan. Rational metabolic revision based on core beliefs.
Fernando Broncano-Berrocal. A robust enough virtue epistemology.
J. Adam Carter, Martin Peterson. The modal account of luck revisited.
Benjamin Rohrs. Supervaluational propositional content.
Luc Lauwers. Infinite lotteries, large and small sets.
Christopher Clarke. How to define levels of explanation and evaluate their indispensability.
Stefan Buijsman. Accessibility of reformulated mathematical content.
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