British Policy in Palestine: Interests versus Reality (1917-1922)

Hilbert's programs: 1917--1922

Hilbert's finitist program was not created at the beginning of the twenties solely to counteract Brouwer's intuitionism, but rather emerged out of broad philosophical reflections on the foundations of mathematics and out of detailed logical work; that is evident from notes of lecture courses that were given by Hilbert and prepared in collaboration with Bernays during the period from 1917 to 192...

Hilbert's Programs: 1917-1922

Hilbert’s finitist programwasnot created at the beginningof the twenties solely to counteract Brouwer’s intuitionism, but rather emerged out of broad philosophical reflections on the foundations of mathematics and out of detailed logical work; that is evident from notes of lecture courses that were given by Hilbert and prepared in collaboration with Bernays during the period from 1917 to 1922. ...

Two-child policy in China: Rhetoric versus reality.

The British Cardiac Society and the Cardiac Club: 1922-1961.

At this, the 26th annual meeting of the British Cardiac Society, the Council has decided that there should be some recognition of the 25 years of the Society and of the preceding 15 years of the Cardiac Club, and has honoured me with an invitation to deliver a commemorative address. The task could be approached in several ways. It would be interesting to review the wonderful advances of cardiol...

Patients' wants versus patients' interests.

Should we treat other people according to what they want (their own values), or according to what we take their best interests to be? If they have given us no mandate to decide for them, their values should prevail. This applies not only to allowing but also to assisting them to get what they want. Taking this seriously in medical practice involves a lot of communication between doctor and pati...