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Could Artificial Wombs End The Abortion Debate?, Christopher Kaczor Jul 2005

Could Artificial Wombs End The Abortion Debate?, Christopher Kaczor

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Review Of David Boonin, A Defense Of Abortion, Christopher Kaczor Apr 2005

Review Of David Boonin, A Defense Of Abortion, Christopher Kaczor

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Dong Zhongshu's Transformation Of "Yin-Yang" Theory And Contesting Of Gender Identity, Robin R. Wang Apr 2005

Dong Zhongshu's Transformation Of "Yin-Yang" Theory And Contesting Of Gender Identity, Robin R. Wang

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Capital Punishment And The Catholic Tradition: Contradiction, Change In Circumstance, Or Development Of Doctrine, Christopher Kaczor Oct 2004

Capital Punishment And The Catholic Tradition: Contradiction, Change In Circumstance, Or Development Of Doctrine, Christopher Kaczor

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Women In Daoism By Catherine Despeux And Livia Kohn (Review), Robin R. Wang Jan 2004

Women In Daoism By Catherine Despeux And Livia Kohn (Review), Robin R. Wang

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On The Very Problem Of The Problem Of God In Zubiri And Unamuno, Brad E. Stone Jan 2004

On The Very Problem Of The Problem Of God In Zubiri And Unamuno, Brad E. Stone

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Perhaps one innovation brought about by Spanish philosophy is the notion that “God” names a problem instead of an entity. This is what Xavier Zubiri means when he uses the phrase “the problem of God.” Although he does not employ the Zubirian phrase, Miguel de Unamuno also addresses God as a problem. This paper compares Zubiri’s and Unamuno’s accounts of how God appears to human beings polemically. For both thinkers, God is a problem only for human beings; there is something about the structure of human existence that makes God come to mind. For Zubiri, God comes to mind because …


Defending Society From The Abnormal: The Archaeology Of Bio-Power, Brad E. Stone Jan 2004

Defending Society From The Abnormal: The Archaeology Of Bio-Power, Brad E. Stone

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Design By Nature, Timothy Shanahan Jan 2004

Design By Nature, Timothy Shanahan

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The Evolutionary Indeterminism Thesis, Timothy Shanahan Feb 2003

The Evolutionary Indeterminism Thesis, Timothy Shanahan

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Evolutionary indeterminists argue that, in addition to any indeterminism introduced by quantum events, at least some evolutionary processes are themselves fundamentally indeterministic. That is, they maintain that the chance element in evolutionary processes results from indeterminism in the processes themselves, rather than simply from our cognitive limitations. Not everyone has been persuaded. A number of philosophers have argued that claims for evolutionary indeterminism are premature at best and deeply confused at worst. They maintain that evolutionary processes can and should be understood as deterministic processes. According to them, "chance" is merely a word denoting our ignorance of causes. This controversy …


Review Of Ronald M. Green, The Human Embryo Research Debates, Christopher Kaczor Jan 2003

Review Of Ronald M. Green, The Human Embryo Research Debates, Christopher Kaczor

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Evolution Is Opportunistic, Not Directional - Response, Timothy Shanahan Jan 2001

Evolution Is Opportunistic, Not Directional - Response, Timothy Shanahan

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Argues against an article published in 'BioScience' magazine in which Timothy Shanahan says that evolution is progressive and directional and embodies improvement.Discussion of regressive and progressive evolution and the accompanying multiplication or loss of phenotypic characteristics; Illustrations related to the blindness and loss of pigmentation in troglobitic, or deep-sea cave organisms; Response from Shanahan.


Evolutionary Progress?, Timothy Shanahan May 2000

Evolutionary Progress?, Timothy Shanahan

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Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr Jan 2000

Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr

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Species, Timothy Shanahan Jan 2000

Species, Timothy Shanahan

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Darwinian Naturalism, Theism, And Biological Design, Timothy Shanahan Sep 1997

Darwinian Naturalism, Theism, And Biological Design, Timothy Shanahan

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Evolution, Phenotypic Selection, And The Units Of Selection, Timothy Shanahan Jun 1990

Evolution, Phenotypic Selection, And The Units Of Selection, Timothy Shanahan

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Group Selection And The Evolution Of Myxomatosis, Timothy Shanahan Jan 1990

Group Selection And The Evolution Of Myxomatosis, Timothy Shanahan

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Before it is possible to asses the importance of "group selection" in nature, it is necessary to rigorously define this term. A definition of group selection is derived from a critical analysis of conceptions common in the biological literature. This definition is then used to clarify the debate over the mechanism responsible for the evolution of myxomatosis in Australia.


Beatty On Chance And Natural Selection, Timothy Shanahan Sep 1989

Beatty On Chance And Natural Selection, Timothy Shanahan

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In his (1984) John Beatty correctly identifies the issue of the role of chance in evolution as one of the liveliest disputes in evolutionary biology. He argues, on the basis of a carefully articulated example, that "Even on a proper construal of 'natural selection', it is difficult to distinguish between the 'improbable results of natural selection' and evolution by random drift". His other remarks indicate that he is thinking of conceptual as well as practical indistinguishability. In this discussion I take issue with one of the consequences Beatty draws from his example. I argue that the example at most shows …


God And Nature In The Thought Of Robert Boyle, Timothy Shanahan Oct 1988

God And Nature In The Thought Of Robert Boyle, Timothy Shanahan

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The First Moment Of Scientific Inquiry: C.S. Peirce On The Logic Of Abduction, Timothy Shanahan Jan 1986

The First Moment Of Scientific Inquiry: C.S. Peirce On The Logic Of Abduction, Timothy Shanahan

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