The curriculum of the dental faculty at the University of Bergen, Norway, was revised and a new curriculum implemented in 1998 based on the principles of holistic teaching and patient-centered treatment. The first candidates graduated in 2003. The change of curricula, experience gained, and lack of an evidence base for holistic teaching justify a general discussion of all relevant aspects assoc...

BACKGROUND To develop a Korean version of the Integrative Medicine Attitude Questionnaire (IMAQ) in order to evaluate physician attitudes toward integrative medicine/complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). METHODS We developed a Korean IMAQ through careful translation of the 28-item questionnaire developed by Schmidt et al. A web-based survey was sent via email to 118 primary care physi...

Motivated by the question what it is that makes quantum mechanics a holistic theory (if so), I try to define for general physical theories what we mean by 'holism'. I propose an operational criterion to decide whether or not a physical theory is holistic, namely: a physical theory is holistic if and only if some determination (measurement) of the global properties in the theory which can be det...

Abstract Appeals to some thesis of underdetermination, the idea that scientific theories and hypotheses are not entailed by evidence supports them, common in feminist philosophy science. These appeals seek understand explain how androcentrism other problematic approaches gender have found their way into good science, as well reverse – science also value-laden, can contribute Focusing on W.V. Qu...

Not all symmetries are on a par. For instance, within Newtonian mechanics, we seem to have good grasp the empirical significance of boosts, by applying it subsystems. This is exemplified thought experiment known as Galileo's ship: inertial state motion ship immaterial how events unfold in cabin, but registered values relational quantities such distance and velocity relative shore. But gauge see...

John Martin Fischer’s Death, Immorality, and Meaning in Life puts forth a view of the individual experiences that could provide us with sources endless fascination, motivation, value if only we live forever to continue enjoy them. In this article I advocate for more caution about embracing picture by pointing three points tension. First, argue taking meaningfulness life be holistic is not compa...

Motivated by the question what it is that makes quantum mechanics a holistic theory (if so), I try to define for general physical theories what we mean by 'holism'. I propose an operational criterion to decide whether or not a physical theory is holistic, namely: a physical theory is holistic if and only if some determination (measurement) of the global properties in the theory which can be det...

Face recognition is thought to rely on holistic processing, where the entire face is processed as a single unitary object. The nature of this holism is often assumed to be perceptual, however recent work applying the General Recognition Theory (GRT) framework suggests that holistic processing of faces may arise from decisional factors. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we examined how known violat...