- Philosophy of Chemistry (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- …has two major parts. In the first, conceptual issues arising within chemistry are carefully articulated and analyzed. Such questions which are internal to chemistry include the nature of substance, atomism, the chemical bond, and synthesis. In the second, traditional topics in philosophy of science such as realism, reduction, explanation, confirmation, and modeling are taken up within the context of chemistry.
- Ceteris Paribus Laws (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to stand in a tight conceptual relation to many important key concepts such as causation, …etc. Traditionally, philosophers of science have focused on physical laws, which were taken to be at least true, universal statements … But…laws in the special sciences (such as biology, psychology, economics etc.) appear to have…different features than the laws of physics. …
How and whether the laws of physics and the laws of the special sciences differ is one of the crucial questions motivating the debate on ceteris paribus laws.
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- William Walker, Filibuster
- [About.com Latin American History]
William Walker (1824-1860) was the ultimate Yankee imperialist. He raised private armies to invade Mexico, Nicaragua and Honduras, and succeeded for a while in setting himself up as President of Nicaragua. His long term goal was to bring these territories into the United States of America. Sound preposterous? It was, even then, but you'd be surprised how close he came to pulling it off!
- Melvin and his sister – gay rights in Africa
- [guardian.co.uk - Maggie O'Kane, Jacqui Timberlake]
As discrimination against homosexuals in Africa reaches a new murderous peak, we travel to Mombasa, Kenya, to hear from "Melvin", a male prostitute who risks his life to support his younger sister
- Saudi troops sent into Bahrain
- Military force deployed to Gulf neighbour to help protect government facilities after weeks of unrest.
- Meet the HR3 Ten: Daniel Lipinski, Daddy's Boy
- Ten Democrats cosponsored H.R.3, even with language redefining rape; four of those ten also apparently don’t care if pregnant women die. Sarah Jaffe takes a closer look at all ten, find all posted to date here.
- ‘And for how long will we let ideological agendas kill women in silence?’
- [Feministe - Chally]
I want to share with you a speech given by a young Moroccan doctor and sexual and reproductive rights activist by the name of Imane Khachani…
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Transcript of “Imane Khachani on Young People and Sexual & Reproductive Health” from WomenDeliver on YouTube:…
- 25 Year Old Amanda Seyfried Told She Needs Botox
- [Women and Hollywood]
- Majority of Americans Support Keeping Abortion Legal
- [RHRealityCheck.org - Robin Marty]
In passing numerous anti-choice bills both in the state and national legislatures, Republicans will be popular for throwing red meat to their base, but the majority of the public will not be as pleased with the approach. Most likely to be unhappy that the Republicans have hijacked the process to make government all anti-abortion all the time? Independents, who overwhelmingly support abortion access 58 percent to 38 percent.
- New Study from Quebec Finds Female Directors Face Tough Road Getting Films Made
- [Women and Hollywood]
- Democratic senators return to Madison to tell crowd fight isn’t over – JSOnline
- A "tractorcade" rolled around the Capitol Square; the parade of vehicles included farmers and labor supporters and, in some cases, the people at the wheel had a hand in both. …
"I support all of Wisconsin workers," … "There are many horrible things in this bill: worker rights, health care, selling the rights of middle-class Americans." …
Many farmers have benefited from the expansion of BadgerCare and would lose out on health insurance in the changes pursued by Walker, he said. …
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- Stimulating Happiness – NYTimes.com
- One overwhelming result of happiness research is that having a job matters a lot, much more than you might have expected just from the income involved. Well, duh, you may say — and it’s true that anyone who has ever spent time unemployed, or knows anyone who has been unemployed, knows that the blow to self-esteem is far greater than the mere financial loss. …
So what does this say about policy? It says that job creation is urgent, even if it isn’t very productive in terms of GDP. A WPA-type program when you’re in a severe slump is more productive than most people imagine, but even if it isn’t very productive, it can do a lot to help the nation’s overall welfare, simply by putting people to work. …
The irony, of course, is that Cameron is pushing happiness economics even as he pursues an austerity program that will lead to a great deal of misery, above and beyond the lost GDP.
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