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The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800 (2003)
Journal Article
Eddy, M. D. (2003). The University of Edinburgh natural history class lists 1782-1800. Archives of Natural History, 30(1), 97-117

In 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.

Mental properties (2003)
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Heil, J., & Robb, D. (2003). Mental properties. American Philosophical Quarterly, 40(3), 175-196

Protecting Patient Privacy or Serving Public Interests? Challenges to Medical Confidentiality in Imperial Germany (2003)
Journal Article
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/16.3.383

With 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/10.1080/1463994032000162965

Part 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.

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.x

Contemporary 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), 171-189

Alchemists’ 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/43.4.345

Recording 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%3A1026072527441

A 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/s0034412503006413

In 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.

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/jag206

Reid 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/10.1111/1468-0017.00221

To 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.