Abstract Explaining the persistence of multiple interpretations same historical event has been an ongoing question in philosophy history. In this paper I illustrate two possible answers and argue that neither offers a satisfactory resolution. First all, realist view, which holds metaphysical commitment to past precludes it from fully recognizing legitimacy variability interpretations. Second, A...

"Anxiety" is a key term for behavioral, psychoanalytic, neuroendocrine, and psychopharmacological observations and theories. Commenting on its historical aspects is difficult, since history is properly a study of primary data. Unfortunately, much clinical anecdote does not correspond to factual records of a long time ago. Even reports of objective studies may suffer from allegiance effects. Thi...

The student of medicine first encountering the migraine literature will immediately perceive the extraordinary amount written, and will sense an unspoken frustrated fascination-a sort of blighted curiosity which pervades many accounts and descriptions. Enlightened self interest may explain some of the attention shown by physicians, since the incidence in our profession is as high as 30%. It is ...