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

Filosofia della chimica (2003)
Book Chapter
Hendry, R. (2003). Filosofia della chimica. In N. Vassallo (Ed.), Filosofie delle Scienze. Einaudi

Zen Buddhism and the Intrinsic Value of Nature (2003)
Journal Article
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.

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.

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.

Moral philosophy and the Holocaust. (2003)
Book
Scarre, G., & Garrard, E. (Eds.). (2003). Moral philosophy and the Holocaust. Ashgate Publishing

A collection of 15 new essays on moral-philosophical issues raised by the holocaust.

Spectral Composition (2003)
Journal Article
Hamilton, A. (2003). Spectral Composition

THE PRIMER: SPECTRAL COMPOSITION [The Wire, issue 237, November 2003] Sound as a physical phenomenon has dominated the imagination of avant garde composers during the later 20th century. None has been more obsessed by it than the school of spectral c... Read More about Spectral Composition.

Archaeology and respect for the dead (2003)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.