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Philosophy

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1996

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Following Form And Function: A Philosophical Archaeology Of Life Science, Stephen Asma Dec 1996

Following Form And Function: A Philosophical Archaeology Of Life Science, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

No abstract provided.

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Conflicts Of Interest: Conceptual And Normative Issues, Michael Pritchard Nov 1996

Conflicts Of Interest: Conceptual And Normative Issues, Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

Growing university-industry ties, particularly in biomedical areas, naturally raise concerns about conflicts of interest. Such conflicts are essentially problems in business and professional ethics. As of the fall of 1995, all institutions seeking funding from either the Public Health Service or the National Science Foundation have been required to maintain and enforce a written policy on conflicts of interest. The PHS and the NSF also require the disclosure of "significant" financial interests that might affect the research. Although the PHS and NSF requirements may prove helpful, they are not sufficient for monitoring the full range of serious conflicts of interest …

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The Deflation Of Belief Contents, Robert J. Stainton Nov 1996

The Deflation Of Belief Contents, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

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Ccnp Position Paper On The Use Of Placebos In Psychiatry, William Friend, Charles Weijer Oct 1996

Ccnp Position Paper On The Use Of Placebos In Psychiatry, William Friend, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

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What Assertion Is Not, Robert J. Stainton Oct 1996

What Assertion Is Not, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

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Queer Science: The Use And Abuse Of Research Into Homosexuality, Charles Weijer Oct 1996

Queer Science: The Use And Abuse Of Research Into Homosexuality, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Fighting Words: Individuals, Communities, And Liberties Of Speech, Kent Greenawalt, Samantha Brennan Sep 1996

Fighting Words: Individuals, Communities, And Liberties Of Speech, Kent Greenawalt, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

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Children's Rights Revisioned: Philosophical Readings, Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Samantha Brennan Sep 1996

Children's Rights Revisioned: Philosophical Readings, Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

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An Essay On Rights, Hillel Steiner, Samantha Brennan Sep 1996

An Essay On Rights, Hillel Steiner, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

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Placebo Controls Are Not Good Science, Charles Weijer Aug 1996

Placebo Controls Are Not Good Science, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Clipped And Controlled: A Contemporary Look At Byu, Scott Abbott Aug 1996

Clipped And Controlled: A Contemporary Look At Byu, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

No abstract provided.

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Structuring The Review Of Human Genetics Protocols: Gene Localization And Identification Studies, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer, Roberta Palmour, Stanley Shapiro, Trudo Lemmens, Karen Lebacqz Jun 1996

Structuring The Review Of Human Genetics Protocols: Gene Localization And Identification Studies, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer, Roberta Palmour, Stanley Shapiro, Trudo Lemmens, Karen Lebacqz

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Evolving Ethical Issues In Selection Of Subjects For Clinical Research, Charles Weijer May 1996

Evolving Ethical Issues In Selection Of Subjects For Clinical Research, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

Wittgenstein, in his famous critique of philosophy, noted that the influence of an idea can be such that it alters the way that we see the world. “It is like a pair of glasses on our nose through which we see whatever we look at,” he said. “It never occurs to us to take them off.” This view of the power of an idea suggests that the interpretation of an event, and what response this event calls for, can depend upon the view one has of the world. A person who is naive about medical facts may, for example, interpret …

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What Difference Does It Make To Be Treated In A Clinical Trial? A Pilot Study, Charles Weijer, Benjamin Freedman, Abraham Fuks, James Robbins, Stanley Shapiro, Myriam Skrutkowska May 1996

What Difference Does It Make To Be Treated In A Clinical Trial? A Pilot Study, Charles Weijer, Benjamin Freedman, Abraham Fuks, James Robbins, Stanley Shapiro, Myriam Skrutkowska

Charles Weijer

OBJECTIVE: Pilot study to characterize treatment differences between patients treated in clinical trials and those treated in a clinical setting. Previous studies have shown higher survival rates for participants in trials of cancer therapy. This difference is observed even after rates are adjusted for important covariates such as age and stage of disease.

DESIGN: Retrospective chart review.

SETTING: Oncology outpatient department in a tertiary care hospital.

PATIENTS: Ninety women 18 to 70 years of age with early-stage breast cancer who were diagnosed in 1990. Fifty-one of the women were treated through clinical trials and 39 were treated outside of clinical …

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Ethical Issues In Research, Charles Weijer Mar 1996

Ethical Issues In Research, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Engineering Ethics: Why? What? Where? When?, Michael Pritchard, C.E. Harris, Michael Rabins Mar 1996

Teaching Engineering Ethics: Why? What? Where? When?, Michael Pritchard, C.E. Harris, Michael Rabins

Michael Pritchard

Engineering ethics is professional ethics, as opposed to personal morality. It sets the standards for professional practice, and is only learned in a professional school or in professional practice. It is an essential part of professional education because it helps students deal with issues they will face in professional practice. The best way to teach engineering ethics is by using cases—not just the disaster cases that make the news, but the kinds of cases that an engineer is more likely to encounter. Many cases are available, and there are methods for analyzing them. Engineering ethics can be taught in a …

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Down With Placebolatry, Charles Weijer, Carl Elliott Mar 1996

Down With Placebolatry, Charles Weijer, Carl Elliott

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Placebo Orthodoxy In Clinical Research I: Empirical And Methodological Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Charles Weijer, Kathleen Glass Dec 1995

Placebo Orthodoxy In Clinical Research I: Empirical And Methodological Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Charles Weijer, Kathleen Glass

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Trees Of History In Systematics And Philology, Robert O’Hara Dec 1995

Trees Of History In Systematics And Philology, Robert O’Hara

Robert J. O’Hara

«The Natural System» is the name given to the underlying arrangement present in the diversity of life. Unlike a classification, which is made up of classes and members, a system or arrangement is an integrated whole made up of connected parts. In the pre-evolutionary period a variety of forms were proposed for the Natural System, including maps, circles, stars, and abstract multidimensional objects. The trees sketched by Darwin in the 1830s should probably be considered the first genuine evolutionary diagrams of the Natural System—the first genuine evolutionary trees. Darwin refined his image of the Natural System in the well-known evolutionary …

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Deadlines And Diversity: Journalism Ethics In A Changing World, Valerie Alia, Brian Brennan, Barry Hoffmaster Dec 1995

Deadlines And Diversity: Journalism Ethics In A Changing World, Valerie Alia, Brian Brennan, Barry Hoffmaster

C. Barry Hoffmaster

No abstract provided.

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Engaging Science: How To Understand Its Practices Philosophically, Joseph Rouse Dec 1995

Engaging Science: How To Understand Its Practices Philosophically, Joseph Rouse

Joseph Rouse

No abstract provided.

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Do The Right Thing, Charles Weijer Dec 1995

Do The Right Thing, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

McGill ethicists help ensure that medical research conforms to the highest scientific and ethical standards.

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Communication In High Risk Technologies, Michael Pritchard, James Jaksa Dec 1995

Communication In High Risk Technologies, Michael Pritchard, James Jaksa

Michael Pritchard

No abstract available.

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Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness, Steven Luper Dec 1995

Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness, Steven Luper

Steven Luper

No abstract provided.

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Placebo Orthodoxy In Clinical Research Ii: Ethical, Legal, And Regulatory Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer Dec 1995

Placebo Orthodoxy In Clinical Research Ii: Ethical, Legal, And Regulatory Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Kathleen Glass, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

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Natural Selection And Self-Organization: Dynamical Models As Clues To A New Evolutionary Synthesis, Bruce Weber, David Depew Dec 1995

Natural Selection And Self-Organization: Dynamical Models As Clues To A New Evolutionary Synthesis, Bruce Weber, David Depew

David J Depew

The Darwinian concept of natural selection was conceived within a set of Newtonianbackground assumptions about systems dynamics. Mendelian genetics at first did not sit well with the gradualist assumptions of the Darwinian theory. Eventually, however. Mendelism and Darwinism were fused by reformulating natural selection in statistical terms. This reflected a shift to a more probabilistic set of background assumptions based upon Boltzmannian systems dynamics. Recent developments in molecular genetics and paleontology have put pressure on Darwinism once again. Current work on self-organizing systems may provide a stimulus not only for increased problem solving within the Darwinian tradition, especially with respect …

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Formal Ethics, Harry Gensler, S.J. Dec 1995

Formal Ethics, Harry Gensler, S.J.

Harry J. Gensler, S.J.

Formal Ethics is the study of formal ethical principles. The most important of these, perhaps even the most important principle of life, is the golden rule: "Treat others as you want to be treated". Although the golden rule enjoys support amongst different cultures and religions in the world, philosophers tend to neglect it. Formal Ethics gives the rule the attention it deserves.

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The City In Revelation, Eva Raepple Dec 1995

The City In Revelation, Eva Raepple

Eva Maria Raepple

No abstract provided.

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Bringing Peace Home: Feminism, Violence And Nature, Karen Warren, D. Cady Dec 1995

Bringing Peace Home: Feminism, Violence And Nature, Karen Warren, D. Cady

Karen Warren, Retired

No abstract provided.

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Completeness And Indeterministic Causation, Scott Devito Dec 1995

Completeness And Indeterministic Causation, Scott Devito

Scott DeVito

In The Chances of Explanation, Paul Humphreys presents a metaphysical analysis of causation. In this paper, I argue that this analysis is flawed. Humphrey’s model of causality incorporates three completeness requirements. I show that these completeness requirements, when applied in the world, force us to take causally irrelevant factors to be causally relevant. On this basis, I argue that Humphreys’ analysis should be rejected.

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