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The chapter delineates a new approach to truth that falls under the category of 'pluralism within the bounds of correspondence' and illustrates it with respect to mathematical truth. Mathematical truth, like all other truths, is based on correspondence; but the route of mathematical correspondence differs from other routes of correspondence in (i) connecting mathematical truths to a special aspect of reality, namely, its formal aspect, and (ii) doing so in a complex, indirect way, rather than in a simple and direct way. The underlying idea is that an intricate mind is capable of creating intricate routes from language to reality, and this enables it to apply correspondence principles in areas for which correspondence is traditionally thought to be problematic.

This chapter investigates the thesis that Invariance Under Isomorphisms is a criterion of logicality (logical operators) and the roots of this criterion in Tarski. It discusses the philosophical significance of this criterion, offers a philosophical justification for it, examines its ramifications for the relation between logic and mathematics, responds to Feferman's criticisms of this criterion, and critically examines Feferman's alternative criterion. The chapter also investigates methodological issues involved in a providing criterion of logicality (e.g. foundationalism vs. holism), logic's role in our system of knowledge, the relation between logicality and truth, and the idea of logicality as formality.

Nine cases of severe accidental haemorrhage with coagulation defects are discussed with special reference to uterine inertia. It is suggested that Trasylol may play a specific role in reversing uterine inertia. The mechanism of this is discussed. It is further suggested that heparin may potentiate its activity.S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1452 (1974).

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Chapter 1 I revisit claims in the literature about the relationship between financial development and economic growth. I find that the Solow-Swan growth determinants are important omitted variables in the existing empirical literature. The role for credit in determining growth is attenuated once one controls for investment. The positive relationship between growth and credit in the literature is explained by a combination of the well known positive relationship between growth and investment and a positive relationship between investment and credit. However, there is evidence for a negative relationship between growth and credit at levels of credit above 90% of output and this relationship is not explained by any declining effect of credit on investment at these high levels of credit. Chapter 2 I present a model for describing the dependence of financial intermediary net worth on the term to maturity structure of nominal interest rates. Such a model can be used to predict the change in net worth caused by a change in nominal interest rates. I show how to quantify the uncertainty in this change in net worth that arises from term structure parameter estimation and measurement error in accounting data. I apply the methods to measure the exposure of US banks to changes in nominal interest rates. Chapter 3 I consider a measure of serial dependence in stochastic processes based on the compressibility of samples under modern compression algorithms. I relate the measure, which depends on the entropy rate of the stochastic process, to traditional measures of dependence, including those based on entropy like Hong and White [2004]. I present numerical evidence on the finite and large sample distributions of the measure under serial independence, that can be used to choose critical values for hypothesis tests for dependence.