in a recent editorial in this journal pierre-gerlier forest foretells a coming revolution in health policy based on the synthesis of four conceptual innovations and one technological breakthrough. as much as i agree with the intellectual story told in this editorial i present a more skeptical view of the effect of paradigm shifts on healthcare systems on the ground. i argue that ideas triumph w...

In the United States, climate change vulnerability assessments are usually conceived as objectified exercises, based on theoretical orientations such rational choice or systems theory. They adopt sectorial population-level frames of reference and operationalized by means aggregating mathematical models, geospatial analytical platforms, advanced visualization tools. While intended to inform deci...

Fundamentalism, in the dictionary Theories and Schools Philosophy Theology is a view that emerged 1909 used generally to designate particular style of conservative Protestantism. Fundamentalism's aim preserve foundations faith combat attempts reinterpret Bible theology light modern knowledge. There are two approaches understanding symptoms fundamentalism, namely objectivism subjectivism. From a...

Abstract This article explores in which ways politicians’ law-and-order rhetoric and citizens’ attitudes concerns about crime engage with each other European countries. The focus is on the ‘constructionist’ or ‘framing’ model posits that punishment are influenced ‘framed’ by political rhetoric. We capture overall ‘tone’ of around criminal justice using statements party manifestos. Our indicator...

Background Contemporary societies are rife with moral disagreement, resulting in recalcitrant disputes on matters of public policy. In the context ongoing bioethical controversies, uncompromising attitudes rooted beliefs about nature truth?Methods To answer this question, we conducted both exploratory and confirmatory studies, a convenience nationally representative sample (total N = 1501), inv...

SUMMARY: GRW models of the physical world are severely criticized in the literature for involving wave function 'tails', the allegation being that the latter create fatal interpretive problems and even compromise standard arithmetic. I find such objections both unfair and misguided. But not all is well with the GRW approach. The complaint I articulate in this paper does not have to do with tail...