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Science and Spirituality: the Volatile Connection * (2004)
Book
Knight, D. (2004). Science and Spirituality: the Volatile Connection *. Routledge

The relationship of science and religion in the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) is very complex. Natural theology remained an effective way of popularising science, and even the agnostics who by the 1870s were very prominent used Biblical metapho... Read More about Science and Spirituality: the Volatile Connection *.

Allegiance and identity (2004)
Journal Article
Mumford, S. (2004). Allegiance and identity. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 31(2), 184-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2004.9714659

'Aspects of time in the creation of music II: reponses and new departures'. (2004)
Journal Article
Paddison, M. (2004). 'Aspects of time in the creation of music II: reponses and new departures'. Musicae Scientiae, Discussion Forum 3.(Aspects du temps dans la creation musicale.), 89-99

Causation: One Word, Many Things (2004)
Journal Article
Cartwright, N. (2004). Causation: One Word, Many Things. Philosophy of Science, 71(5), 805-819. https://doi.org/10.1086/426771

We currently have on offer a variety of different theories of causation. Many are strikingly good, providing detailed and plausible treatments of exemplary cases; and all suffer from clear counterexamples. I argue that, contra Hume and Kant, this is... Read More about Causation: One Word, Many Things.

‘The physicists, the chemists and the pragmatics of explanation’ (2004)
Journal Article
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 Possibility of an Environmental Virtue Ethic (2004)
Journal Article
James, S. P. (2004). The Possibility of an Environmental Virtue Ethic

Elements, principles and the narrative of affinity. Mi Gyung Kim : affinity that illusive dream : a genealogy of the chemical revolution (2004)
Journal Article
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.

Natural Intentionality (2004)
Book Chapter
Heil, J. (2004). Natural Intentionality. In R. Schantz (Ed.), The Externalist Challenge (287-296). Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110915273

‘Nature and the Sublime: The Politics of Order and Disorder in Twentieth-Century Music’. (2004)
Book Chapter
Paddison, M. (2004). ‘Nature and the Sublime: The Politics of Order and Disorder in Twentieth-Century Music’. In Order and Disorder: Music-Theoretical Strategies in Twentieth-Century Music (107-136). Leuven University Press

Laws in nature (2004)
Book
Mumford, S. (2004). Laws in nature. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203458426

Uncertainty in Econometrics: Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals (2004)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., & Reiss, J. (2004). Uncertainty in Econometrics: Evaluating Policy Counterfactuals. In P. Mooslechner, H. Schuberth, & M. Schurz (Eds.), Economic Policy Under Uncertainty: The Role of Truth and Accountability in Policy Advice. Edward Elgar Publishing

Nature and the Sublime: the Politics of Order and Disorder in Twentieth-Century Music. (2004)
Book Chapter
Paddison, M. (2004). Nature and the Sublime: the Politics of Order and Disorder in Twentieth-Century Music. In J. Dunsby, J. N. Straus, Y. Knockaert, M. Paddison, & K. Boehmer (Eds.), Order and Disorder: Music-Theoretical Strategies in Twentieth-Century Music (107 - 136). Leuven University Press

'Authenticity and Failure in Adorno's Aesthetics of Music' (2004)
Book Chapter
Paddison, M. (2004). 'Authenticity and Failure in Adorno's Aesthetics of Music'. In T. Huhn (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to Adorno (198-221). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521772893

The Problem of Mental Causation and the Nature of Properties (2004)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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'.

After evil: responding to wrongdoing (2004)
Book
Scarre, G. (2004). After evil: responding to wrongdoing. Ashgate Publishing

An analytical study of forgiveness, mercy and punishment as responses to human moral evil.

Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics (2004)
Book
James, S. P. (2004). Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics. Ashgate Publishing

Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics explores the implications of Zen Buddhist teachings and practices for our moral relations with the natural world. At once an accessible introduction to Zen and an important contribution to the debate concerning t... Read More about Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics.

'Receptive Substances': John Newport Langley (1852-1925) and his Path to a Receptor Theory of Drug Action * (2004)
Journal Article
Maehle, A. (2004). 'Receptive Substances': John Newport Langley (1852-1925) and his Path to a Receptor Theory of Drug Action *. Medical History, 48(2), 153-174

Teaching children about health (2004)
Book Chapter
Toon, E. (2004). Teaching children about health. In J. Golden, R. A. Meckel, & H. Munro Prescott (Eds.), Children and youth in sickness and in health (85-106). Greenwood Press. https://doi.org/10.1336/0313330417

Peter Walmsley : Locke’s essay and the rhetoric of science (2004)
Journal Article
Eddy, M. D. (2004). Peter Walmsley : Locke’s essay and the rhetoric of science. Philosophical Writings,