Diagnosis versus Ideological Diversity

Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers

Supplemental appendix tables A.1 and A.2 evaluate the fit of the model to the reduced-form regressions presented in the paper. To evaluate model fit, we repeatedly simulate data from the estimated model and run the same regression on the simulated data that we run on the empirical samples. We average coefficients and standard errors across simulation replications. Supplemental appendix figure A...

Laicity ” and Secularity versus Ideological Secularism: Lessons from Switzerland

In order to avoid both religious intolerance and religious indifference, we need to develop a positive notion of an open laicity or secularity that permits us to respect our religiously plural as well as secular contemporary situation. Open laicity or secularity is the practical and political consequence of a Protestant theology and spirituality. It represents a critical answer to the disaster ...

Ideological Strategy

Ideological parsimony

The theoretical virtue of parsimony values the minimizing of theoretical commitments, but theoretical commitments come in two kinds: ontological and ideological. While the ontological commitments of a theory are the entities it posits, a theory’s ideological commitments are the primitive concepts it employs. Here, I show how we can extend the distinction between quantitative and qualitative par...

Palmoplantar Psoriasis versus Eczema: Major Histopathologic Clues for Diagnosis

Background & Objectives:  Accurate differentiation of eczema and psoriasis can be difficult, especially in areas of palm and sole. This study was designed to evaluate histopathological features and identify statistically significant parameters in distinguishing palmoplantar psoriasis from eczema of these regions in patients referring to Razi Skin Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Methods: In a cross-sec...