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Extracting preference relations from data: Clustering with transitive centroids. [PDF]

Behav Res Methods
de Chiusole D, Stefanutti L, Brancaccio A.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Saving and Letting Live

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a metaphysical difference between person A killing person B and A merely letting B die. There is also a metaphysical difference between A saving B and A merely letting B live. This paper argues that the metaphysical difference between saving and letting live gives rise to a moral difference. It then puts that moral difference to work:
Thomas Byrne
wiley   +1 more source

Cholinergic interneurons of the dorsomedial striatum mediate winner-loser effects on social hierarchy dynamics in male mice. [PDF]

iScience
Hsu MT, Akamine Y, Kurima K, Tanaka KZ, Wickens JR.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A synthesis view of counterfactuals

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
Abstract There are two prominent views of counterfactuals in the literature—variably strict conditional accounts developed by Stalnaker 1968 and D. K. Lewis 1973, and strict conditional accounts defended by von Fintel 2001, Gillies 2007, and others. Unfortunately, both views face serious challenges. This paper argues that traditional strict conditional
Sarah Moss
wiley   +1 more source

The extended permutohedron on a transitive binary relation [PDF]

, 2012
Luigi Santocanale, Friedrich Wehrung
openalex   +1 more source

Social beneficence

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
Abstract A background assumption in much contemporary political philosophy is that justice is the first virtue of social institutions, taking priority over other values such as beneficence. This assumption is typically treated as a methodological starting point, rather than as following from any particular moral or political theory.
Jacob Barrett
wiley   +1 more source

Is explaining more like showing or more like building?-Agency in metaphors of explaining. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Porwol P, Scharlau I.
europepmc   +1 more source

Lady Parts and Baby Parts: What Is a Fetus?

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A common‐sense view of mammalian pregnancy treats the fetus as (a) an organism and (b) co‐extensive with the approximately baby‐shaped entity developing in the uterus. In this paper, I draw on metabolic accounts of the organism to show that (a) and (b) cannot both be correct: either the fetus is not an organism, or it is considerably more ...
Alexandria Boyle
wiley   +1 more source

On a relation between the rank and the proportion of derangements in finite transitive permutation groups

Journal of Combinatorial Theory, 2015
R. Guralnick, I. Isaacs, Pablo Spiga
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The efficacy of biologic factors on the surgical therapy of periodontal suprabony defects: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis of randomized clinical trials

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives This systematic review investigated the efficacy of biologic factors in the surgical treatment of periodontal suprabony defects. Materials and Methods Three databases were searched to identify RCTs comparing open‐flap debridement (OFD) combined with biologic factors only, or combined with bone substitute, and/or barriers to the same
Carrie Chew, Nikolaos Donos, Stefano Corbella, Isabella Manso, Greta Castellini, Elena Calciolari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source