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Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution (2004)
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Eddy, M. D. (2004). Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution. Foundations of Chemistry, 6(2), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Afoch.0000035061.02831.45

In the 18th century, the concept of ‘affinity’, ‘principle’ and ‘element’ dominated chemical discourse, both inside and outside the laboratory. Although much work has been done on these terms and the methodological commitments which guided their usag... Read More about Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution.

‘The physicists, the chemists and the pragmatics of explanation’ (2004)
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Hendry, R. (2004). ‘The physicists, the chemists and the pragmatics of explanation’. Philosophy of Science, 71(5), 1048-1059. https://doi.org/10.1086/428009

In this paper I investigate two views of theoretical explanation in quantum chemistry, advocated by John Clarke Slater and Charles Coulson. Slater argued for quantum-mechanical rigor, and the primacy of fundamental principles in models of chemical bo... Read More about ‘The physicists, the chemists and the pragmatics of explanation’.

The Problem of Mental Causation and the Nature of Properties (2004)
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Gibb, S. (2004). The Problem of Mental Causation and the Nature of Properties. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 82(3), 464 - 476. https://doi.org/10.1080/713659879

It is argued that if the properties of causation are tropes rather than universals, then a psychophysical reductionism can be advanced which does not face the problem of multiple realizability. However, the 'trope solution' rests upon the assumption... Read More about The Problem of Mental Causation and the Nature of Properties.

Realism, Biologism and 'The Background' (2004)
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Ratcliffe, M. (2004). Realism, Biologism and 'The Background'. Philosophical Explorations, 7(2), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/13869790410001694499

John Searle claims that intentional states require a set of non-intentional background capacities in order to function. He insists that this ‘Background’ should be construed naturalistically, in terms of the causal properties of biological brains. Th... Read More about Realism, Biologism and 'The Background'.

'Performance, Reification, and Score: the Dialectics of Spatialization and Temporality in the Experience of Music' (2004)
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Paddison, M. (2004). 'Performance, Reification, and Score: the Dialectics of Spatialization and Temporality in the Experience of Music'. Musicae Scientiae, Discussion Forum 3, 157-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649040080s111

The following text is taken from the Introduction to Part II written by Professor Paddison. "Like Peter Kivy, my article also deals in part with the experience of the continuities and discontinuities of musical temporality. At the same time there are... Read More about 'Performance, Reification, and Score: the Dialectics of Spatialization and Temporality in the Experience of Music'.

Historische Grundlagen des Rezeptor-Konzepts in der Pharmakologie * (2004)
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Maehle, A. (2004). Historische Grundlagen des Rezeptor-Konzepts in der Pharmakologie *. Gesnerus, 61(1-2), 57-76

In present-day pharmacology, the existence of specific cell receptors, which can combine chemically with drugs, poisons, neurotransmitters and hormones, is often taken for granted. However, until the 1960s receptors were controversial hypothetical en... Read More about Historische Grundlagen des Rezeptor-Konzepts in der Pharmakologie *.

Protagoras refuted. How clever is Socrates' "most clever" argument at Theaetetus 171a-c? (2004)
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Castagnoli, L. (2004). Protagoras refuted. How clever is Socrates' "most clever" argument at Theaetetus 171a-c?. Topoi, 23(1), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Atopo.0000021381.34686.0d

This article aims at reconstructing the logic and assessing the force of Socrates' argument against Protagoras' 'Measure Doctrine' (MD) at Theaetetus 171a–c. I examine and criticise some influential interpretations of the passage, according to which,... Read More about Protagoras refuted. How clever is Socrates' "most clever" argument at Theaetetus 171a-c?.

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/16.3.383

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.

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