Descartes’s Anti-Transparency and the Need for Radical Doubt

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

The Naked Truth or the Shadow of Doubt? X-Rays and the Problematic of Transparency

Late into the evening of 8 November 1895 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a physics professor at the University of Würzburg, made a discovery that would revolutionize science almost overnight. While conducting experiments with cathode rays in his laboratory, he remarked a peculiar glow with highly unusual properties emanating from a nearby fluorescent screen, the source of which he could not identify. T...

The need for transparency in the treatment of spinal diseases

The article entitled “Spine surgery cost reduction at a specialized treatment center,”(1) and published in this edition of einstein, shows the economy of a specialized treatment center that performs a secondopinion service. In addition to findings of economic features, another factor that has drawn the reader’s attention to this article are the differences in opinions concerning therapeutic man...

Faith, Hope and Doubt

Evaluation of the need for treatment on 72 subjects with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B

Background: Viral load and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels may not be the key points for making a decision in the treatment of anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B. The purpose of this study was to assess the histological evaluation of liver to find the need for treatment on 72 patients with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B. Methods: The liver biopsy slides of the 72 patients (56 s...