Philosophy makes no progress. It fails to do so in the way science and mathematics make
progress. By “no progress” is meant that there is no successive advance of a well‐established …

… Whether John Shand is discussing the slow separation of philosophy and theology in
Augustine, Aquinas and Ockham, the rise of rationalism, British empiricism, German idealism or …

Putting together this book has been interesting and rewarding. Most of all I should like to
thank the authors of the individual chapters for their hard work, cooperation, care, and indeed …

In the famous treatment case Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital, Justice Benjamin
Cardozo noted that" every human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to …

Therapeutic jurisprudence is an idea that calls for the investigation of the law as a therapeutic
agent. This term was first introduced by David Wexler, following the major paradigm shifts …

The term “insanity” has been retired from medical nomenclature for about 100 years. Formerly
interchangeable with the legal term, implying unsoundness of mind, it persists as a legal …

A lifetime measurement of the 19 / 2 − state in 207 Pb has been performed using the Recoil
Distance Doppler-Shift (RDDS) method. The nuclei of interest were produced in multi-…

The multi-nucleon transfer reaction mechanism was used to produce and study nuclei in the
vicinity of 208 Pb. This mass region is a test case for the nuclear shell model. The mass …

Proteins from defibrinated bovine blood plasma were enzymatically hydrolyzed with food‐grade
microbial proteases Alcalase 2.4 L® and Flavourzyme L&TM;, and a substrate …

Opioid dependence, a severe addictive disorder and major societal problem, has been
demonstrated to be moderately heritable. We conducted a genome-wide association study in …