Jaroslav Hajek, 1926-1974

"Legislative Change and Strike Activity in Canada, 1926-1974"

Alan Hajek Probabilities of Conditionals - Revisited

Is a rational agent’s subjective probability assignment to a conditional always the same as the corresponding subjective conditional probability? The hypothesis that it is has come to be known as Stalnaker’s Hypothesis:’ (SW P(A -+ C) = P(C/A) whenever P(A) > 0 where + is a conditional connective, and P(C/A) = P(CA)/P(A). (SH) has been the subject of much debate. I hope to show in this paper th...

Irwin Rose (1926-2015).

On June 2, 2015, Irwin (Ernie) Rose died quietly in his sleep at age 88, after a long and fruitful lifetime of sleuthing for the secrets of life at the molecular level. Truly great scientists are much more than the sum of their publications and awards. This is especially true for Ernie who, when informed that he had been awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, wondered aloud whether he reall...

David Hubel 1926–2013

Hydraulic microelectrode advancermade by David Hubel. David Hubel was a giant in our field, yet he waswarm, friendly, and humble in person. He and Torsten Wiesel, following in the footsteps of their mentor Steve Kuffler, discovered fundamental principles of information processing in the brain and fundamental principles of how the brain wires itself up. I think many people in the field see David...

Camillo Golgi (1843?1926)

Camillo Golgi studied the central nervous system [2] during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Italy, and he developed a staining technique to visualize brain cells. Called the black reaction, Golgi's staining technique enabled him to see the cellular structure of brain cells, called neurons, with much greater precision. Golgi also used the black reaction to identify structure...