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A Novel Account Of Scientific Anomaly: Help For The Dispute Over Low-Dose Biochemical Effects, Kevin C. Elliott Dec 2006

A Novel Account Of Scientific Anomaly: Help For The Dispute Over Low-Dose Biochemical Effects, Kevin C. Elliott

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The biological effects of low doses of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals are currently a matter of significant scientific controversy. This paper argues that philosophers of science can contribute to alleviating this controversy by examining it with the aid of a novel account of scientific anomaly. Specifically, analysis of contemporary research on chemical hormesis (i.e.. alleged beneficial biological effects produced by low doses of substances that are harmful at higher doses) suggests that scientists may initially describe anomalous phenomena in terms of multiple distinct '"characterizations," each
of which is compatible with current empirical evidence. By focusing attention on this feature of …


Arthur Hugh Clough And Florence Nightingale: A Relationship Reexamined, Patrick G. Scott Oct 2006

Arthur Hugh Clough And Florence Nightingale: A Relationship Reexamined, Patrick G. Scott

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Discusses the relationship between the Victorian poet Arthur Hugh Clough and his cousin-by-marriage the nursing reformer Florence Nightingale, using manuscript and other evidence to counter the varicature offered by Lytton Strachey in his influential book Eminent Victorians.


Ronald Cooley, 'Full Of All Knowledge': George Herbert's Country Parson And Early Modern Social Discourse, Robert Landrum Mar 2006

Ronald Cooley, 'Full Of All Knowledge': George Herbert's Country Parson And Early Modern Social Discourse, Robert Landrum

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Ronald Cooley, ‘Full Of All Knowledge’: George Herbert’S Country Parson And Early Modern Social Discourse, Robert Landrum Mar 2006

Ronald Cooley, ‘Full Of All Knowledge’: George Herbert’S Country Parson And Early Modern Social Discourse, Robert Landrum

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No abstract provided.


Women, Literary Annuals, And The Evidence Of Inscriptions, Paula R. Feldman Jan 2006

Women, Literary Annuals, And The Evidence Of Inscriptions, Paula R. Feldman

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The Ethical Importance Of Being Human: God And Humanism In Levinas's Philosophy, Pat J. Gehrke Jan 2006

The Ethical Importance Of Being Human: God And Humanism In Levinas's Philosophy, Pat J. Gehrke

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In A Pig's Eye: Masculinity, Mastery, And The Returned Gaze Of The Blithedale Romance, David Greven Jan 2006

In A Pig's Eye: Masculinity, Mastery, And The Returned Gaze Of The Blithedale Romance, David Greven

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The Faerie Queene (1590), David Lee Miller Jan 2006

The Faerie Queene (1590), David Lee Miller

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Is "Civil Religion" Helpful, Possible?, Kevin Lewis Jan 2006

Is "Civil Religion" Helpful, Possible?, Kevin Lewis

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No abstract provided.


Fragments Of Development, By Suzanne Bergeron And A Critical Rewriting Of Global Political Economy: Integrating Productive, Reproductive, And Virtual Economies, By V. Spike Peterson, Drucilla K. Barker Jan 2006

Fragments Of Development, By Suzanne Bergeron And A Critical Rewriting Of Global Political Economy: Integrating Productive, Reproductive, And Virtual Economies, By V. Spike Peterson, Drucilla K. Barker

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A review of Fragments of Development, by Suzanne Bergeron, and A Critical Rewriting of Global Political Economy: Integrating Productive, Reproductive, and Virtual Economies, by V. Spike Peterson.