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Introduction (2002)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (2002). Introduction

The Emergence of Medical Professional Ethics in Germany (2002)
Book Chapter
Maehle, A. (2002). The Emergence of Medical Professional Ethics in Germany. In A. Maehle, & J. Geyer-Kordesch (Eds.), Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Biomedical Ethics. From Paternalism to Autonomy? (37-48). Ashgate Publishing

'The sociology of music'. (2002)
Book Chapter
Paddison, M. (2002). 'The sociology of music'. In A. Latham (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to Music (1167-1169). (New ed.). Oxford University Press

Scientists and their publics (2002)
Book Chapter
Knight, D. (2002). Scientists and their publics. In M. Nye (Ed.), Cambridge history of science (72-90). Cambridge University Press

This is concerned with the reception of science by those outside the scientific community, looking at lectures, exhibitions, popular writings.

The Emergence of the Drug Receptor Theory (2002)
Journal Article
Maehle, A., Pruell, C., & Halliwell, R. (2002). The Emergence of the Drug Receptor Theory. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 1(8), 637-641. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd875

Today, the concept of specific receptors for drugs and transmitters lies at the very heart of pharmacology. Less than one hundred years ago, this novel idea met with considerable resistance in the scientific community. To mark the 150th anniversary o... Read More about The Emergence of the Drug Receptor Theory.

Analogy in Moral Deliberation: The Role of Imagination and Theory in Ethics (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, B. (2002). Analogy in Moral Deliberation: The Role of Imagination and Theory in Ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics, 28(4), 244-248. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.28.4.244

This paper develops themes addressed in an article by Eric Wiland in the Journal of Medical Ethics 2000;26:466–8, where he aims to contribute to the debate concerning the moral status of abortion, and to emphasise the importance of analogies in moral... Read More about Analogy in Moral Deliberation: The Role of Imagination and Theory in Ethics.

What Makes a Capacity a Disposition?, (2002)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N. (2002). What Makes a Capacity a Disposition?,. In M. Kistler, & B. Gnassounou (Eds.), Dispositions and Causal Powers (195-206). London School of Economics

Many, if not most of our highly prized “laws” of physics cannot be adequately rendered as statements of regular association among the values of “occurrent” quantities, I have argued.1 This is true even if we do not balk at the concept of natural nece... Read More about What Makes a Capacity a Disposition?,.

A Survey of Metaphysics (2002)
Book
Lowe, E. (2002). A Survey of Metaphysics. Oxford University Press

A Survey of Metaphysics provides a systematic overview of modern metaphysics, covering all of the most important topics likely to be encountered on a metaphysics course. The conception of metaphysics underlying the book is the fairly traditional and... Read More about A Survey of Metaphysics.