Marianne Bronner-Fraser

Marianne Winder

The unexpected death of Marianne Winder occurred peacefully in London on 6 April 2001 following a short illness. For over thirty years Marianne Winder had been associated with the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, first as Assistant Librarian then as Curator of Oriental MSS and Printed Books and, finally, as Consultant in Tibetan Medicine. Marianne Winder was born i...

INGE ALFERINK and MARIANNE GULLBERG

Tips for success: fostering a good mentoring relationship.

A mentor can mean the difference between a mentoree's failure and success. Yet mentoring is more than an altruistic venture. A good mentor will be more likely to recruit and retain strong student and postdoctoral candidates, and cultivate productive personnel. Despite these advantages, faculty often receive little, if any, mentoring training. Here, three panelists, Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Ph.D...

Epistemic Dispositions. Reply to Turri and Bronner

We reply to recent papers by John Turri and Ben Bronner, who criticise the dispositionalised Nozickian tracking account we discuss in “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know.” We argue that the account we suggested can handle the problems raised by Turri and Bronner. In the course of responding to Turri and Bronner’s objections, we draw three general lessons for theories of epistemic dispositions: that...

[Fraser syndrome: case report].

Fraser syndrome is a systemic condition characterized by cryptophthalmos, syndactyly and abnormal genitalia, which may be associated with urinary tract, ear, nose, larynx and skeletal abnormalities. Cryptophthalmos can be an isolated finding (that has been reported as an autosomal dominant trait) or associated with other congenital anomalies (reported as an autosomal recessive disorder). RMSA, ...