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Battin, Margaret P. | Contributions of aesthetics | The most tempting answer to the question posed as the topic for these remarks -- "what can aesthetics contribute to a young person's ability to understand and value art?" -- is "nothing", or, at least, "embarrassingly little". Aesthetics, after all, is a field of philosophy, and hence a field dedi... | | 1988 |
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Andreou, Chrisoula | On natural goodness by Philippa Foot | In her 1972 paper 'Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives', Philippa Foot boldly challenged the common assumption that viciousness is a form of irrationality and embraced a picture of practical rationality according to which an agent's reasons for action are grounded in nothing other th... | Irrationality; Evaluation; Natural defect | 2005 |
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Landesman, Bruce M. | Obligation to obey the law | It is often said that we have an obligation to obey the law just because it is the law. This idea has been espoused in the West at least as early as Socrates, and it is espoused today. It is not the special claim of any particular ideology, but has been held by advocates of most political persuasio... | Obedience; Moral; Legal | 1972 |
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Mallon, Ronald | Role of psychology in the study of culture | Although we are enthusiastic about a Darwinian approach to culture, we argue that the overview presented in the target article does not sufficiently emphasize the crucial explanatory role that psychology plays in the study of culture. We use a number of examples to illustrate the variety of ways by... | | 2006 |
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Stark, Cynthia A. | More than victims: battered women, the syndrome society, and the law (Book Review) | Review of the book "More than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law" by Donald Alexander Downs. | Books; Philosophy; Domestic Violence | 1998-07 |
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Crowe, Benjamin D. | Heidegger and the prospect of a phenomenology of prayer | An attempt to contribute to a "phenomenology of prayer" ought to begin with the recognition that the word "phenomenology" means many different things to many different people. Moreover, it must be recognized that none of these usages has any obvious claim to being the normative one. Given these ines... | | 2005 |
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Downes, Stephen M. | Socializing naturalized Philosophy; of science | Presents an approach to naturalized Philosophy; of science that considers the nature of scientific practice. Cognitive individualism; Three-level model of the social nature of scientific practice. | Individualsim; Science, Philosophy | 2001-09-11 |
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Haber, Matthew | Morphology, ultrastructure, and function of extrafloral nectaries in three species of Caesalpiniacae | Light and electron microscopy reveal that the morphologically well-differentiated petiolar nectaries of Ckamaecrista fasciculata, Senna hepecarpa, and S. marilandica have an unusually simple anatomy consisting of an epidermis immediately subtended by a mass of small, loosely-packed parenchyma cells.... | Extrafloral nectaries; Morphology; Ultrastructure; Function; Cutin; Phloem; Parenchyma; Chamaecrista fascicu; Senna hepecarpa; Senna marilandic | 1999 |
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White, Nicholas P. | Review of T. Penner, 'The ascent from nominalism' | This is a review of Terry Penner's The Ascent from Nominalism. Penner's book is an attempt to reorient Platonic studies, not so much by raising new issues as by looking at the old ones differently. | Book review; Platonism; Philosophy;, Greek | 1991 |
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Downes, Stephen M. | Ontogeny of information: developmental systems and evolution (Book Review) | A review of the book "Ontogeny of information: developmental systems and evolution" by Susan Oyama. | Information theory, biology; Books; Developmental systems; Evolution | 2001-06-23 |
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White, Nicholas P. | Conflicting parts of happiness in Aristole's Ethics | Examines the concept of happiness based on Aristotle's view of ethics. Linkage between issues of ethics and altruism; Comparison between Kantian View and Hegelian View about the existence of a genuine dualism; Inclusivism as a common element in Aristotle's ethics; Conflicting parts of happiness. | Criticism; Happiness, moral & ethical aspects | 2001-09-17 |
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Battin, Margaret P. | Cases for kids: using puzzles to teach aesthetics to children | Nothing stupefies kids (I have in mind young people, though the same is true of many adults) as quickly as long-winded, jargon-filled, highly abstract theoretical discourse, especially when it seems to have no immediate utility. Kids like fun. They like play; they like games; they like challenges an... | Aesthetics; Education; Children; Puzzles | 1994 |
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Francis, Leslie | Ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of electronic health records | In 2004, President Bush announced his plan to ensure that most Americans would have electronic health records within ten years. Although substantial progress has been made toward achieving that goal, this progress has primarily reflected institutional interests and priorities by focusing on system ... | | 2007 |
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Landesman, Bruce M. | Rights, welfare and Mill's moral theory (Book Review) | Reviews the book `Rights, Welfare and Mill's Moral Theory,' by David Lyons. | Books; Philosophy | 1996-04 |
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Francis, Leslie | Permissiveness and control (Book Review) | A review of the book "Permissiveness and Control". | Books; Philosophy | 1981-10 |
