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Two Types of Autonomy
Although I agree with Sabine Mullerâs conclusion that we should first seek to find
alternatives to amputation for patients suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder
(BIID), I disagree with one of the major premises that she uses to argue for her claim.
Muller argues that patients with BIID are likely not autonomous when they request that
the limb be amputated. Mullerâs argument that BIID suffers are not autonomous is
flawed because she conflates philosophical conceptions of autonomy with the conception
of autonomy that is operative in the context of medicine
Ambivalence
The phenomenon of ambivalence is an important one for any philosophy of action. Despite this importance, there is a lack of a fully satisfactory analysis of the phenomenon. Although many contemporary philosophers recognize the phenomenon, and address topics related to it, only Harry Frankfurt has given the phenomenon full treatment in the context of action theory - providing an analysis of how it relates to the structure and freedom of the will. In this paper, I develop objections to Frankfurt's account, all revolving around the charge that his account contains a serious ambiguity between willing and identifying. With such objections in place, I then develop an analysis that avoids the difficulties and ambiguities that Frankfurt's analysis is prey to. I briefly distinguish ambivalence from other types of internal conflict. This paper aims to offer conceptual clarification on the phenomenon of ambivalence, which will then allow for discussions about the normative merits and demerits of ambivalence, the effects of ambivalence on autonomous action, and methods of resolution of ambivalenc
Schuette Rebuff Should End Fight Against Mercury Standards
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Early tissue responses in psoriasis to the antitumour necrosis factorâα biologic etanercept suggest reduced interleukinâ17 receptor expression and signalling
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Evidence of Exponential Decay Emission in the Swift Gamma-ray Bursts
We present a systematic study of the steep decay emission from gamma-ray
bursts (GRBs) observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope (XRT). In contrast to the
analysis described in recent literature, we produce composite Burst Alert
Telescope (BAT) and XRT light curves by extrapolating the XRT data (2-10 keV)
into the BAT energy range (15-25 keV) rather than extrapolating the BAT data
into the XRT energy band (0.3-10 keV). Based on the fits to the composite light
curves, we have confirmed the existence of an exponential decay component which
smoothly connects the BAT prompt data to the XRT steep decay for several GRBs.
We also find that the XRT steep decay for some of the bursts can be well fit by
a combination of a power-law with an exponential decay model. We discuss this
exponential component within the frame work of both the internal and the
external shock model.Comment: 33 pages, 34 figures; accepted for publication in Ap
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