Autonomy, Explanation, and Theoretical Values: Physicists and Chemists on Molecular Quantum Mechanics
(2003)
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Hendry, R. (2003). Autonomy, Explanation, and Theoretical Values: Physicists and Chemists on Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 988, 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06084.x
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The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800 (2003)
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Eddy, M. D. (2003). The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800. Archives of Natural History, 30(1), 97-117In 1779 Revd Dr John Walker was appointed to be the University of Edinburgh’s Professor of Natural History. Because of the institutional structure of the university, he took care to keep detailed class lists from 1782 to 1800. These are extant in the... Read More about The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800.
Levels of reality (2003)
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Heil, J. (2003). Levels of reality. Ratio: An international journal of analytic philosophy, 16(3), 205-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9329.00218
Mental properties (2003)
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Heil, J., & Robb, D. (2003). Mental properties. American Philosophical Quarterly, 40(3), 175-196
Drugs and Cells – Pioneering the Concept of Receptors (2003)
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Pruell, C., Maehle, A., & Halliwell, R. (2003). Drugs and Cells – Pioneering the Concept of Receptors
Aerztlicher Eingriff und Koerperverletzung: Zu den historisch-rechtlichen Wurzelln des Informed Consent in der Chirurgie, 1892-1940 (2003)
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Maehle, A. (2003). Aerztlicher Eingriff und Koerperverletzung: Zu den historisch-rechtlichen Wurzelln des Informed Consent in der Chirurgie, 1892-1940. Würzburger medizinhistorische Mitteilungen, 22, 178-187
Protecting Patient Privacy or Serving Public Interests? Challenges to Medical Confidentiality in Imperial Germany (2003)
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Maehle, A. (2003). Protecting Patient Privacy or Serving Public Interests? Challenges to Medical Confidentiality in Imperial Germany. Social History of Medicine, 16(3), 383-401. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/16.3.383With the Penal Code of 1871, confidentiality became a legal requirement for physicians, surgeons, and other health professions throughout Imperial Germany. However, based on an analysis of the relevant legal cases up to the First World War, this arti... Read More about Protecting Patient Privacy or Serving Public Interests? Challenges to Medical Confidentiality in Imperial Germany.
Zen Buddhism and the Intrinsic Value of Nature (2003)
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James, S. P. (2003). Zen Buddhism and the Intrinsic Value of Nature. Contemporary Buddhism, 4(2), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463994032000162965Part I It is a perennial theme in the literature on environmental ethics that the exploitation of the environment is the result of a blindness to (or perhaps a refusal to recognize) the intrinsic value of natural beings. The general story here is tha... Read More about Zen Buddhism and the Intrinsic Value of Nature.
Two Theorems on Invariance and Causality (2003)
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Cartwright, N. (2003). Two Theorems on Invariance and Causality. Philosophy of Science, 70(1), 203-224
Archaeology and respect for the dead (2003)
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Scarre, G. (2003). Archaeology and respect for the dead. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 20(3), 237-249. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0264-3758.2003.00250.xContemporary archaeologists commonly acknowledge moral responsibilities to the descendants of the subjects whose remains they disturb. There has been comparatively little reflection within the professional community on whether they have duties to the... Read More about Archaeology and respect for the dead.
Exalting Understanding Without Depressing Imagination: Depicting Chemical Process (2003)
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Knight, D. (2003). Exalting Understanding Without Depressing Imagination: Depicting Chemical Process. Hyle (Karlsruhe. Print), 9(2), 171-189Alchemists’ illustrations indicated through symbols the processes being attempted; but with Lavoisier’s Elements (1789), the place of imagination and symbolic language in chemistry was much reduced. He sought to make chemistry akin to algebra and its... Read More about Exalting Understanding Without Depressing Imagination: Depicting Chemical Process.
The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection (2003)
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Hamilton, A. (2003). The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection. British Journal of Aesthetics, 43(4), 345-362. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/43.4.345Recording has transformed the nature of music as an art by reconfiguring the opposition between the aesthetics of perfection and imperfection. A precursor article, ‘The Art of Improvisation and the Aesthetics of Imperfection’, contrasted the perfecti... Read More about The Art of Recording and The Aesthetics of Perfection.
Corporal punishment (2003)
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Scarre, G. (2003). Corporal punishment. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 6(3), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1026072527441A study of moral arguments for and against the use of corporal punishment in a judicial content. It is argued that corporal punishment is not inevitably more cruel or demeanial than some conventionlly prefered punitive methods.
Scientific Naturalism and the Neurology of Religious Experience (2003)
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Ratcliffe, M. (2003). Scientific Naturalism and the Neurology of Religious Experience. Religious Studies, 39(3), 323-345. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412503006413In this paper, I consider V. S. Ramachandran's in principle agnosticism concerning whether neurological studies of religious experience can be taken as support for the claim that God really does communicate with people during religious experiences. C... Read More about Scientific Naturalism and the Neurology of Religious Experience.
Identity, individuality, and unity (2003)
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Lowe, E. J. (2003). Identity, individuality, and unity. Philosophy, 78(3), 321-337. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819103000329Locke notoriously included number amongst the primary qualities of bodies and was roundly criticized for doing so by Berkeley. Frege echoed some of Berkeley's criticisms in attacking the idea that ‘Number is a property of external things’, while defe... Read More about Identity, individuality, and unity.
Scottish Commonsense About Memory: A Defence of Thomas Reid's Direct Knowledge Account (2003)
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Hamilton, A. (2003). Scottish Commonsense About Memory: A Defence of Thomas Reid's Direct Knowledge Account. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 81(2), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajp/jag206Reid rejects the image theory --the representative or indirect realist position--that memory-judgements are inferred from or otherwise justified by a present image or introspectible state. He also rejects the trace theory , which regards memories as... Read More about Scottish Commonsense About Memory: A Defence of Thomas Reid's Direct Knowledge Account.
Truth's Fabric (2003)
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Hinzen, W. (2003). Truth's Fabric. Mind and Language, 18(2), 194-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00221To understand language, philosophers have related sentences and/or their uses to the concept of truth. I study an aspect of this relation by studying the actual structures that sentences expressing truth judgements have, an issue that I consider empi... Read More about Truth's Fabric.