Is there an Inherent Secularising Tendency in Christianity (Gauchet)? Yes, but beware (Voegelin and Taylor)

Yes ! There is an ethics of care : an answer for

This paper is a response to Peter Allmark 's thesis that 'there can be no "caring" ethics'. It argues that the current preoccupation in nursing to define an ethics of care is a direct result of breaking nursing tradition. Subsequent attempts to find a moral basis for care, whetherfrom subjective experiential perspectives such as described by Noddings, orfrom rational and detached approaches der...

Yes , Virginia , There is a Santa Claus

The bulk of this paper is a finegrained critical analysis of a single argument. Such detailed treatment, unusual though it is in a journal article, is warranted for a number of reasons, I think . First, a clear understanding of the particular argument in question demands close attention. Different arguments can, and do, warrant different degrees, kinds, and depths of analysis, and the one under...

"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

Yes, There Is Deqi Sensation in Laser Acupuncture

Deqi, a composite of unique sensations, is essential for clinical efficacy according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is described as a sensory perception of varying character and is mostly ascribed to metal needle acupuncture. However, it can also be elicited by different kinds of laser acupuncture stimulation. This short paper summarizes the current scientific status of deqi in laser stimu...

Yes, There Is a Neural Dissociation between Language and Reasoning

In their commentary, Tzourio-Mazoyer and Zago (henceforth, TMZ) caution against the conclusion, presented in Monti et al (2012), that there exists a dissociation between algebraic and linguistic reasoning. In what follows we briefly summarize our experimental design and then show that TMZ's concerns spring from an inaccurate reading of our methods. In [1] we visually presented participants with...