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- Causes for optimism.John A.Howard (ed.) -1973 - [Rockford, Ill.,: Rockford College Press.No categoriesExport citation
Bookmark - A quantitative safety assessment model for transgenic protein products produced in agricultural crops.John A.Howard &Kirby C. Donnelly -2004 -Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 17 (6):545-558.Transgenic plants are now being used to develop pharmaceutical and industrial products in addition to their use in crop improvement. Using confinement requirements, these transgenic plants are grown and processed under conditions that prevent intermixing with commodity crops. Regulatory agencies in the United States have provided guidance of zero tolerance of these new industrial crops with commodity crops. While this is a worthy goal, it is theoretically unattainable. In spite of the best containment practices, there is a potential risk using (...) any system of production due to unforeseen incidences including natural disasters or exposure to workers. The precautionary principle has been used for numerous regulated articles in addressing the potential risks of new products and technology based on a risk assessment in similar situations. We present here a risk assessment model that could be used as a start to develop an accepted model for the industry. The model is based on current risk models used for other regulated articles, but adapted for these types of products. This could be used to determine action levels in the event of an unintended exposure or to ensure that detection or confinement methods are adequate to avoid risks. As an example, aprotinin, a therapeutic protein now being produced in maize, was evaluated for potential risk to humans using this model. (shrink)
- Themes From Kaplan.Joseph Almog,John Perry &Howard Wettstein (eds.) -1989 - New York: Oxford University Press.This anthology of essays on the work of David Kaplan, a leading contemporary philosopher of language, sprang from a conference, "Themes from Kaplan," organized by the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University.
- The Relationship between Religiousness and Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation: Are there Differences Between Business Managers and Students?Nabil A. Ibrahim,Donald P.Howard &John P. Angelidis -2008 -Journal of Business Ethics 78 (1):165-174.The purpose of this paper is to determine whether there is a relationship between a person's degree of religiousness and corporate social responsibility orientation. A total of 411 managers and 506 students from seven universities were surveyed. The statistical analysis showed that religiousness does influence students' orientation toward the economic, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities of business. It does not, however, have a significant impact upon the managers' attitudes. When the "low religiousness" students and managers were compared, differences were found with (...) respect to the economic, ethical, and philanthropic components of corporate social responsibility. Similar results were obtained when the "high religiousness" students and managers were compared. The implications of these findings are discussed. (shrink)
- Board members in the service industry: An empirical examination of the relationship between corporate social responsibility orientation and directorial type. [REVIEW]Nabil A. Ibrahim,Donald P.Howard &John P. Angelidis -2003 -Journal of Business Ethics 47 (4):393 - 401.One area of business performance of particular interest to both scholars and practitioners is corporate social responsibility. The notion that organizations should be attentive to the needs of constituents other than shareholders has been investigated and vigorously debated for over two decades. This has provoked an especially rich and diverse literature investigating the relationship between business and society. As a result, researchers have urged the study of the profiles and backgrounds of corporate upper echelons in order to better understand this (...) relationship.There is ample evidence that corporations have in recent years increased the proportion of outside directors on their boards. This has been partly in reaction to increased interest in the corporate social responsiveness of business organizations and suggestions that the board of directors could play a unique role in this area. The expectation on the part of practitioners, researchers, and governmental regulators is that outside directors will advocate greater corporate responsiveness to society''s needs by playing a more active role in overseeing managerial decisions. (shrink)
- Non-Consequentialism Demystified.John Ku,Howard Nye &David Plunkett -2015 -Philosophers' Imprint 15 (4):1-28.Morality seems important, in the sense that there are practical reasons — at least for most of us, most of the time — to be moral. A central theoretical motivation for consequentialism is that it appears clear that there are practical reasons to promote good outcomes, but mysterious why we should care about non-consequentialist moral considerations or how they could be genuine reasons to act. In this paper we argue that this theoretical motivation is mistaken, and that because many arguments (...) for consequentialism rely upon it, the mistake substantially weakens the overall case for consequentialism. We argue that there is indeed a theoretical connection between good states and reasons to act, because good states are those it is fitting to desire and there is a conceptual connection between the fittingness of a motive and reasons to perform the acts it motivates. But while some of our motives are directed at states, others are directed at acts themselves. We contend that just as the fittingness of desires for states generates reasons to promote the good, the fittingness of these act-directed motives generates reasons to do other things. Moreover, we argue that an act’s moral status consists in the fittingness of act-directed feelings of obligation to perform or avoid performing it, so the connection between fitting motives and reasons to act explains reasons to be moral whether or not morality directs us to promote the good. This, we contend, de-mystifies how there could be non-consequentialist reasons that are both moral and practical. (shrink)
- Essays on Berkeley. A Tercentennial Celebration.John Foster &Howard Robinson -1987 -Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 41 (4):696-700.No categories
- Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis of Perceptions of Practicing Accountants and Accounting Students.Nabil A. Ibrahim,John P. Angelidis &Donald P.Howard -2006 -Journal of Business Ethics 66 (2-3):157-167.The results of a survey of 272 practicing accountants and 374 accounting students enrolled in six universities are analyzed. Differences and similarities between the two groups with regard to their attitudes toward corporate social responsibility are examined. The results indicate that the students exhibit greater concern about the ethical and discretionary components of corporate responsibility and a weaker orientation toward economic performance. No significant differences between the two groups were observed with respect to the legal dimension of corporate social responsibility. (...) Some explanations as well as limited generalizations and implications are developed. (shrink)
- Essays on Berkeley: a tercentennial celebration.John Foster &Howard Robinson (eds.) -1985 - New York: Oxford University Press.Marking the tercentenary of Berkeley's birth, this collection of previously unpublished essays covers such Berkeleian topics as: imagination, experience, and possibility; the argument against material substance; the physical world; idealism; science; the self; action and inaction; beauty; and the general good. Among the contributors are: Christopher Peacocke, Ernest Sosa, Margaret Wilson, C.C.W. Taylor, and J.O. Urmson.
- The Beauties of Locke, Selections, by A.Howard.John Locke &AlfredHoward -1825Export citation Bookmark
- The reinforcing signal as a conditioned stimulus in human operant discrimination training.Howard B. Orenstein,Donald A. Schumsky,Thomas Roth &John Trinder -1992 -Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 30 (5):381-384.
- Jews in the Hellenistic World: Josephus, Aristeas, The Sibylline Oracles, Eupolemus.John R. Bartlett,Molly Whittaker,Richard A. Horsley,John S. Hanson,Henk Jagersma,Shaye J. D. Cohen &Howard Clark Kee -1985No categories
- Commentary: Moral growth in medical students.Howard Brody,Harriet A. Squier &John P. Foglio -1995 -Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 16 (3).Knight has shown how the moral growth of medical students involves a spiritual journey. He may, however, present too sanguine a portrayal of the extent to which the medical education environment promotes this moral and spiritual growth. Medical school may indeed be more abusive than supportive. Admitting more women to medical school and teaching more humanities courses, while worthwhile, will not necessarily promote the goals that Knight appropriately advocates.Export citation Bookmark
- Letters to the Editor.John D. Sommer,Ed Casey,Mary C. Rawlinson,Eva Kittay,Michael A. Simon,Patrick Grim,Clyde Lee Miller,Rita Nolan,Marshall Spector,Don Ihde,Peter Williams,Anthony Weston,Donn Welton,DickHoward,David A. Dilworth &Tom Foster Digby 3d -1993 -Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 66 (5):97 - 112.No categories
- Cognition and behavior in studies of choice.Howard Rachlin,A. W. Logue,John Gibbon &Marvin Frankel -1986 -Psychological Review 93 (1):33-45.
- A National System of Education.JohnHoward Whitehouse -2014 - Cambridge University Press.JohnHoward Whitehouse was a British educationalist, social reformer and the founder of Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight. Originally published in 1913, this book contains a series of essays by Whitehouse on the creation of a national education system. The text was issued with the general approval of the executive committee of the Liberal Education Group of the House of Commons. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Whitehouse (...) and the history of education. (shrink)
- History of American Political Thought.John Agresto,John E. Alvis,Donald R. Brand,Paul O. Carrese,Laurence D. Cooper,Murray Dry,Jean Bethke Elshtain,Thomas S. Engeman,Christopher Flannery,Steven Forde,David Fott,David F. Forte,Matthew J. Franck,Bryan-Paul Frost,David Foster,Peter B. Josephson,Steven Kautz,John Koritansky,Peter Augustine Lawler,Howard L. Lubert,Harvey C. Mansfield,Jonathan Marks,Sean Mattie,James McClellan,Lucas E. Morel,Peter C. Meyers,Ronald J. Pestritto,Lance Robinson,Michael J. Rosano,Ralph A. Rossum,Richard S. Ruderman,Richard Samuelson,David Lewis Schaefer,Peter Schotten,Peter W. Schramm,Kimberly C. Shankman,James R. Stoner,Natalie Taylor,Aristide Tessitore,William Thomas,Daryl McGowan Tress,David Tucker,Eduardo A. Velásquez,Karl-Friedrich Walling,Bradley C. S. Watson,Melissa S. Williams,Delba Winthrop,Jean M. Yarbrough &Michael Zuckert -2003 - Lexington Books.This book is a collection of secondary essays on America's most important philosophic thinkers—statesmen, judges, writers, educators, and activists—from the colonial period to the present. Each essay is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of a noted American on the fundamental meaning of the American regime.
- Response feedback and verbal retention.Jack A. Adams,John S. McIntyre &Howard I. Thorsheim -1969 -Journal of Experimental Psychology 82 (2):290.
- Item length, acoustic similarity, and natural language mediation as variables in short-term memory.Jack A. Adams,Howard I. Thorsheim &John S. McIntyre -1969 -Journal of Experimental Psychology 80 (1):39.
- New books. [REVIEW]Howard V. Knox,A. E. Taylor,John Laird,F. C. S. Schiller,Bernard Bosanquet,L. J. Russel,S. W. &B. D. -1921 -Mind 30 (119):354-374.No categories
- Essays on Berkeley: A Tercentennial Celebration.John Foster andHoward Robinson -1985
- Location of superconductivity in La2-βSrβCuO4.Arun Kumar,John D. Dow &Howard A. Blackstead ‡ -2004 -Philosophical Magazine 84 (21):2249-2255.
- Approaches to the Study of Attic Vases: Beazley and Pottier (review).JohnHoward Oakley -2003 -American Journal of Philology 124 (2):306-309.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:American Journal of Philology 124.2 (2003) 306-309 [Access article in PDF] Philippe Rouet. Approaches to the Study of Attic Vases: Beazley and Pottier. Trans. Liz Nash. Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. xiii + 167 pp. 21 black and white plates. Cloth, $74. This monograph examines the development of two major approaches in the study of Greek vase painting by focusing on a comparison of (...) the work of SirJohn D. Beazley with that of Edmond Pottier. Beazley, an English scholar, spent his scholarly life attributing vases to various formerly unnamed artists based on [End Page 306] their style of drawing, thereby ascertaining for the first time the artistic history and stylistic development of Attic black-figure and red-figure vase painting. Pottier, a French scholar, founded the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, an international series whose original goal was to publish all ancient clay vases. Each scholar's interests contrasted with the other's in many ways. Beazley's work focused more on the object and Athens, while Pottier was opposed to the study of individual artists and was particularly interested in the relationship of the origins of Greek civilization to the East and the broader context of the vessels.The book's introduction sets the historical and intellectual background of Beazley and Pottier. Areas covered include the early history of collecting, initial attempts at defining the works of individual Greek vase painters, some influential early catalogues of Greek vases (e.g., those of Hamilton's collection), and the role that the copying of motifs from ancient pottery had in spreading the interest in Greek vase painting in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, particularly the part played by the Wedgwood workshop. I miss here any reference to the fine work of Brian A. Sparkes on these subjects (The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery[London and New York, 1996] 34-63).The first chapter considers the most influential, immediate predecessors of Beazley and shows how their work formed the intellectual framework for his accomplishment. They are Wilhelm Klein, whose important study of and signatures on Attic vases still serves as the basis for our interpretation of them; Paul Hartwig, who was the first to attribute vases to an anonymous master; and Adolph Furtwängler, who in collaboration with Karl Reichhold initiated the monumental three-volume work, Griechische Vasenmalerei, which featured exceptionally accurate drawings of vase paintings. The author astutely notes that Furtwängler's work on attributing Roman copies of Greek sculpture to artists was likewise influential in augmenting the interest in style and artistic personalities. The intertwined relationship between connoisseurship, collectors, and the art market is touched on briefly in the discussions of Hartwig and Edward Warren. It might also have been noted here that the wording and style of Beazley's earliest work on the Kleophrades Painter clearly owes its inspiration to Hartwig.Pottier's early life and career are the focus of the next chapter. This was the time when museum catalogues and encyclopedic dictionaries were for many the signs of significant national scholarship. Indeed, after France's loss in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War, Pottier and many of his contemporary compatriots sought to affirm the intellectual vitality of their nation by initiating and completing such projects. Pottier's contribution was to publish Vases antiques du Louvre, in which photography was used for the first time on a large scale to illustrate the vases, and to serve as one of the editors of the Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines, in which he was also responsible for many of the entries on vases.Chapter 3 returns to the subject of connoisseurship and the two non-classical archaeologists whose methodology bear clear resemblances to Beazley's. The first of them, Giovanni Morelli, was the first to attempt a scientific methodology for attributing paintings to unknown artists by examining the minor details [End Page 307] of drawings in order to discover the artistic language of the painters. Rouet concludes that Morelli paved the way for Beazley's work, for... (shrink)No categories
- An experimental and simulation study of the impact of emotional information on analogical reasoning.Ariana A. Castro,John E. Hummel &Howard Berenbaum -2023 -Cognition 238 (C):105510.
- Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) – Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers.Eivind Aadland,Hege Eikeland Tjomsland,Kjersti Johannessen,Ada Kristine Ofrim Nilsen,Geir Kåre Resaland,Øyvind Glosvik,Osvald Lykkebø,Rasmus Stokke,Lars Bo Andersen,Sigmund Alfred Anderssen,Karin Allor Pfeiffer,Phillip D. Tomporowski,Ingunn Størksen,John B. Bartholomew,Yngvar Ommundsen,Steven JamesHoward,Anthony D. Okely &Katrine Nyvoll Aadland -2020 -Frontiers in Psychology 11.
- Connecting phenotype to genotype: PheWAS-inspired analysis of autism spectrum disorder.John Matta,Daniel Dobrino,Dacosta Yeboah,SwadeHoward,Yasser El-Manzalawy &Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi -2022 -Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16:960991.Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is extremely heterogeneous clinically and genetically. There is a pressing need for a better understanding of the heterogeneity of ASD based on scientifically rigorous approaches centered on systematic evaluation of the clinical and research utility of both phenotype and genotype markers. This paper presents a holistic PheWAS-inspired method to identify meaningful associations between ASD phenotypes and genotypes. We generate two types of phenotype-phenotype (p-p) graphs: a direct graph that utilizes only phenotype data, and an indirect graph (...) that incorporates genotype as well as phenotype data. We introduce a novel methodology for fusing the direct and indirect p-p networks in which the genotype data is incorporated into the phenotype data in varying degrees. The hypothesis is that the heterogeneity of ASD can be distinguished by clustering the p-p graph. The obtained graphs are clustered using network-oriented clustering techniques, and results are evaluated. The most promising clusterings are subsequently analyzed for biological and domain-based relevance. Clusters obtained delineated different aspects of ASD, including differentiating ASD-specific symptoms, cognitive, adaptive, language and communication functions, and behavioral problems. Some of the important genes associated with the clusters have previous known associations to ASD. We found that clusters based on integrated genetic and phenotype data were more effective at identifying relevant genes than clusters constructed from phenotype information alone. These genes included five with suggestive evidence of ASD association and one known to be a strong candidate. (shrink)
- Matter and Sense: A Critique of Contemporary Materialism.Howard Robinson &John Foster -1983 -Religious Studies 19 (2):249-255.
- John Passmore., Serious Art.V. A.Howard -1994 -International Studies in Philosophy 26 (2):141-143.
- What does it take to build a strong nonprofit health care board?Tony Armada,Howard Berman,John Hopkins,Bill Kreykes,Don Wegmiller &Bruce McPherson -2007 -Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 44 (1):8-14.Many of the reforms being required or recommended to ensure that for-profit companies achieve greater transparency and more effective governance are similarly being promoted for adoption by nonprofit health care organizations. The demands are coming from a variety of sources - government officials, donors, business partners, companies that provide directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, the media, and directors themselves. To meet these demands, nonprofit health care boards and executives need to assess whether they have the right number, mix, and (...) caliber of board members, and to modify their recruitment and/or retention strategies where they don't. -/- The following discussion is another in an ongoing Inquiry series called "Dialogue," a collaboration with the Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care to provide a variety of voices on current, major issues in the nonprofit health care sector. (shrink)
- Emotional approach and problem-focused coping: A comparison of potentially adaptive strategies.John P. Baker &Howard Berenbaum -2007 -Cognition and Emotion 21 (1):95-118.
- Transworld sanctity and Plantinga's free will defense.DanielHoward-Snyder &John Hawthorne -1998 -International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 44 (1):1-21.A critique of Plantinga's free will defense. For an updated version of this critique, with a reply to objections from William Rowe and Alvin Plantinga, see my "The logical problem of evil: Plantinga and Mackie," in Justin P. McBrayer & DanielHoward‐Snyder (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, pp. 19-33.
- Einstein and the History of General Relativity.DonHoward &John Stachel (eds.) -1989 - Birkhäuser.Based upon the proceedings of the First International Conference on the History of General Relativity, held at Boston University's Osgood Hill Conference Center, North Andover, Massachusetts, 8-11 May 1986, this volume brings together essays by twelve prominent historians and philosophers of science and physicists. The topics range from the development of general relativity (John Norton,John Stachel) and its early reception (Carlo Cattani, Michelangelo De Maria, Anne Kox), through attempts to understand the physical implications of the theory (Jean (...) Eisenstaedt, Peter Havas) and to quantize it (Peter G. Bergmann), to elaborations of the theory into a unified theory of electromagnetism and gravitation (Vladimir P. Vizgin, Michel Biezunski), and considerations of its cosmological extensions (Pierre Kerszberg, George F.R. Ellis). This is the first volume to survey many of the most important questions in the history of general relativity, with many of the contributions drawing upon such original resources as the Einstein Archive. It is hoped that it will stimulate much-needed further research in this hitherto neglected area. (shrink)
- Modeling social-ecological problems in coastal ecosystems: A case study.John Forrester,Richard Greaves,Howard Noble &Richard Taylor -2014 -Complexity 19 (6):73-82.
- Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Free Will and Moral Responsibility.Peter A. French,Howard Wettstein &John Martin Fischer (eds.) -2005 - Wiley-Blackwell.The essays in this volume explore various issues pertaining to human agency, such as the relationship between free will and causal determinism, and the nature and conditions of moral responsibility. Builds on and extends some of the very best recent work in the field. Features lively and vigorous debate. Forges connections between abstract philosophical theorizing and applied work in neuroscience and even criminal law.
- Countable Additivity and the Foundations of Bayesian Statistics.John V.Howard -2006 -Theory and Decision 60 (2-3):127-135.At a very fundamental level an individual (or a computer) can process only a finite amount of information in a finite time. We can therefore model the possibilities facing such an observer by a tree with only finitely many arcs leaving each node. There is a natural field of events associated with this tree, and we show that any finitely additive probability measure on this field will also be countably additive. Hence when considering the foundations of Bayesian statistics we may (...) as well assume countable additivity over a σ-field of events. (shrink)
- On the a priori rejection of evidential arguments from evil.DanielHoward-Snyder &John Hawthorne -1994 -Sophia 33 (2):33-47.
- Oracles and Query Lower Bounds in Generalised Probabilistic Theories.Howard Barnum,Ciarán M. Lee &John H. Selby -2018 -Foundations of Physics 48 (8):954-981.We investigate the connection between interference and computational power within the operationally defined framework of generalised probabilistic theories. To compare the computational abilities of different theories within this framework we show that any theory satisfying four natural physical principles possess a well-defined oracle model. Indeed, we prove a subroutine theorem for oracles in such theories which is a necessary condition for the oracle model to be well-defined. The four principles are: causality, purification, strong symmetry, and informationally consistent composition. Sorkin has (...) defined a hierarchy of conceivable interference behaviours, where the order in the hierarchy corresponds to the number of paths that have an irreducible interaction in a multi-slit experiment. Given our oracle model, we show that if a classical computer requires at least n queries to solve a learning problem, because fewer queries provide no information about the solution, then the corresponding “no-information” lower bound in theories lying at the kth level of Sorkin’s hierarchy is \. This lower bound leaves open the possibility that quantum oracles are less powerful than general probabilistic oracles, although it is not known whether the lower bound is achievable in general. Hence searches for higher-order interference are not only foundationally motivated, but constitute a search for a computational resource that might have power beyond that offered by quantum computation. (shrink)
- Diverse perspectives on Marxist philosophy: East and West.Sara Luther,John J. Neumaier &Howard Parsons (eds.) -1995 - Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.A contemporary examination of the past, present, and future of Marxist philosophy.
- Maximization theory vindicated.Howard Rachlin,Ray Battalio,John Kagel &Leonard Green -1981 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 4 (3):405-417.Maximization theory, which is borrowed from economics, provides techniques for predicing the behavior of animals - including humans. A theoretical behavioral space is constructed in which each point represents a given combination of various behavioral alternatives. With two alternatives - behavior A and behavior B - each point within the space represents a certain amount of time spent performing behavior A and a certain amount of time spent performing behavior B. A particular environmental situation can be described as a constraint (...) on available points (a circumscribed area) within the space. Maximization theory assumes that animals always choose the available point with the highest numerical value. The task of maximization theory is to assign to points in the behavioral space values that remain constant across various environmental situations; as those situations change, the point actually chosen is always the one with the highest assigned value. (shrink)
- The Great Powers, Imperialism, and the German Problem, 1865-1925. ByJohn Lowe.T. A.Howard -1998 -The European Legacy 3:138-138.Export citation Bookmark
- Book Reviews Section 3.Roger R. Woock,Howard K. Macauley Jr,John M. Beck,Janice F. Weaver,Patti Mcgill Peterson,Stanley L. Goldstein,A. Richard King,Don E. Post,Faustine C. Jones,Edward H. Berman,Thomas O. Monahan,William R. Hazard,J. Estill Alexander,William D. Page,Daniel S. Parkinson,Richard O. Dalbey,Frances J. Nesmith,William Rosenfield,Verne Keenan,Robert Girvan &Robert Gallacher -1973 -Educational Studies 4 (2):84-99.No categories
- The scientific works of Robert Grosseteste.John Coleman,Jack Cunningham,Nader El-Bizri,Giles E. M. Gasper,Joshua S. Harvey,Margaret Healy-Varley,David M.Howard,Neil Timothy Lewis,Anne Lawrence-Mathers,Tom McLeish,Cecilia Panti,Nicola Polloni,Clive R. Siviour,Hannah E. Smithson,Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn,David Thomson,Rebekah C. White &Robert Grosseteste (eds.) -2019 - Oxford: Oxford University Press.Few figures of the Middle Ages command the attention of so many modern disciplines as Robert Grosseteste (c. 1170-1253). Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science are all areas which his life and thought continue to have significance and to inspire re-interpretation. Accompanied by a series of original commentaries, this new edition of Grosseteste's work, with English translation, draws together the perspectives of modern scientists and medieval specialists. Volume I of a six volume series, Knowing and Speaking presents two of the earliest (...) of Grosseteste's works, the treatises On the Liberal Arts and On the Generation of Sounds. These are accompanied by a significant Middle English treatise on the Seven Liberal Arts whose anonymous fifteenth-century author translated and excerpted passages from Grosseteste's treatises in a re-imagining of their structure and function.0Each work is treated separately within the volume, which is constructed in three parts. On the Liberal Arts sets Grosseteste's thoughts on the arts subjects and emphasises moral concerns about the purpose of learning. On the Generation of Sounds builds on the theories and statements of On the Liberal Arts in connection to the production of sound, elaborating the earlier position, relating the generation of sounds to human vocal and speech production. (shrink)No categories
- God, Schmod and Gratuitous Evil.DanielHoward-Snyder &John Hawthorne -1993 -Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53 (4):861-874.It is common these days for theists to argue that we aren’t justified in believing atheism on the basis of evil. They claim that neither facts about particular horrors nor more holistic considerations pertaining to the magnitude, kinds and distribution of evil can ground atheism since we can't tell whether any evil is gratuitous.1 In this paper we explore a novel strategy for shedding light on these issues: we compare the atheist who claims that there is no morally sufficient reason (...) for certain evils with the physicist who claims that there is no causally sufficient reason for some events. (shrink)
- Are Beliefs about God Theoretical Beliefs? Reflections on Aquinas and Kant.John Hawthorne &DanielHoward-Snyder -1996 -Religious Studies 32 (2):233 - 258.The need to address our question arises from two sources, one in Kant and the other in a certain type of response to so-called Reformed epistemology. The first source consists in a tendency to distinguish theoretical beliefs from practical beliefs (commitments to the world's being a certain way versus commitments to certain pictures to live by), and to treat theistic belief as mere practical belief. We trace this tendency in Kant's corpus, and compare and contrast it with Aquinas's view and (...) a more conservative Kantian view. We reject the theistic-belief-as-mere-practical-belief view: it is bad descriptive anthropology, it embraces a misguided ideal of a fragmented self unattainable by human beings, and it will deter people from the most desirable sort of faith. The second source consists in the idea that since theistic beliefs function as answers to why-questions, their epistemic status hangs on whether they meet certain distinctively explanatory standards, whatever support they might receive from other sources. We argue that this is a non-sequitur and suggest questions for further research. (shrink)
- Book Reviews Section 4.Frederic B. Mayo Jr,John Bruce Francis,John S. Burd,Wilson A. Judd,Eunice S. Matthew,William F. Pinar,Paul Erickson,CharlesJohn Stark,Walter H. Clark Jr,Irvin David Glick,Howard D. Bruner,John Eddy,David L. Pagni,Gloria J. Abbington,Michael L. Greenbaum,Phillip C. Frey,Robert G. Owens,Royce W. van Norman,M. Bruce Haslam,Eugene Hittleman,Sally Geis,Robert H. Graham,Ogden L. Glasow,A. L. Fanta &Joseph Fashing -1973 -Educational Studies 4 (4):198-200.No categories
- Are Beliefs about God Theoretical Beliefs? Reflections on Aquinas and Kant.DanielHoward-Snyder &John O'Leary-Hawthorne -1996 -Religious Studies 32 (2):233 - 258.The need to address our question arises from two sources, one in Kant and the other in a certain type of response to so-called Reformed epistemology. The first source consists in a tendency to distinguish theoretical beliefs from practical beliefs (commitments to the world's being a certain way versus commitments to certain pictures to live by), and to treat theistic belief as mere practical belief. We trace this tendency in Kant's corpus, and compare and contrast it with Aquinas's view and (...) a more conservative Kantian view. We reject the theistic-belief-as-mere-practical-belief view: it is bad descriptive anthropology, it embraces a misguided ideal of a fragmented self unattainable by human beings, and it will deter people from the most desirable sort of faith. The second source consists in the idea that since theistic beliefs function as answers to why-questions, their epistemic status hangs on whether they meet certain distinctively explanatory standards, Whatever support they might receive from other sources. We argue that this is a non-sequitur and suggest questions for further research. (shrink)
- Cranial measurements in patients with depressive illness.Howard James &John Pollitt -1973 -Journal of Biosocial Science 5 (3):363-366.Cranial measurements and somatotype indices were compared in two groups of patients, one with recurrent depressive illness and the other suffering from a first solitary attack of depression. Certain statistically significant differences in stature, somatotype and cranial measurements emerged; the group with recurrent episodes of depression tended to be shorter and more brachycephalic than those with solitary episodes of depression.
- Curry-Howard terms for linear logic.Frank A. Bäuerle,David Albrecht,John N. Crossley &John S. Jeavons -1998 -Studia Logica 61 (2):223-235.In this paper we 1. provide a natural deduction system for full first-order linear logic, 2. introduce Curry-Howard-style terms for this version of linear logic, 3. extend the notion of substitution of Curry-Howard terms for term variables, 4. define the reduction rules for the Curry-Howard terms and 5. outline a proof of the strong normalization for the full system of linear logic using a development of Girard's candidates for reducibility, thereby providing an alternative to Girard's proof using (...) proof-nets. (shrink)
- [Book review] a history of Marxian economics. [REVIEW]Michael CharlesHoward &John Edward King -1991 -Science and Society 55 (4):489-491.
- Letters to and From Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and Her Second Husband, the Hon. George Berkeley: From 1712 to 1767; Volume 1.Henrietta HobartHoward Suffolk,John Wilson Croker &George Berkeley -2022 - Legare Street Press.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be (...) preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. (shrink)No categories
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Øystein Linnebo
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Michiru Nagatsu
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Giuseppe Primiero
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