Invited Commentary: How Would We Know a Gulf War Syndrome If We Saw One?

How do we know that we know what we know?

How Science Works’ is now the focus of the national science specifications in English schools. This article is a brief introduction to the philosophy of science from the Greeks to the present day that underpins this notion. From September 2006, the emphasis for teaching science at GCSE is on ‘How Science Works’. This focus will also shape the revisions of the AS and A2 specifications from Septe...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Treatment of chronic hyponatremia: now we know how, but do we know when or if?

Commentary: The salt wars described but not explained--an invited commentary on 'Why do we think we know what we know? A metaknowledge analysis of the salt controversy'.

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UvA - DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) If we knew ability , how would we tax individuals ?

The suggestion to tax people on earnings capacity instead of earnings has been around for a long time and is attractive in terms of economic efficiency. In this paper we reflect on the feasibility of such a system and give an exploratory empirical implementation. We apply the Leyden Welfare Function of Income, a survey based measure of an individual’s welfare associated with income, to derive i...