Normative Ethics Does Not Need a Foundation: It Needs More Science

Normative Ethics Does Not Need a Foundation: It Needs More Science

The impact of science on ethics forms since long the subject of intense debate. Although there is a growing consensus that science can describe morality and explain its evolutionary origins, there is less consensus about the ability of science to provide input to the normative domain of ethics. Whereas defenders of a scientific normative ethics appeal to naturalism, its critics either see the n...

Science needs more Moneyball

How Much Time Does It Need to Write an Article?

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره نوزدهم، خرداد 1399، 222-221       چقدر زمان برای نوشتن یک مقاله مورد نیاز است؟ How Much Time Does It Need to Write an Article?   محسن رضائیان[1]   M. Rezaeian   اگر برای شما این سؤال پیش آمده است که: " چقدر زمان برای نوشتن یک مقاله مورد نیاز است؟" خواندن فصل پنجم کتاب "چگونه مقالات بهتر پزشکی بنویسیم" (How to write better m...

Does cognitive science need kernels?

Kernel methods are among the most successful tools in machine learning and are used in challenging data analysis problems in many disciplines. Here we provide examples where kernel methods have proven to be powerful tools for analyzing behavioral data, especially for identifying features in categorization experiments. We also demonstrate that kernel methods relate to perceptrons and exemplar mo...

When a drug does more than it needs: angio-oedema, an important adverse effect.

To cite: Ferreira MB, Rocha SM, Maia JM, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201200 DESCRIPTION A 77 -year-old man, with a history of arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and obesity, presented to our emergency department with acute swelling of the tongue. He was being treated with an ACE inhibitor and a statin for the past few yea...