Michael Szenberg and Lall Ramrattan, Economic Ironies throughout History. Applied Philosophical Insights for Modern Life

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In general, infertility is defined as the inability of couples to conceive after one year of unprotected sex. Causes of infertility can be related to both men and women. Unexplained infertility refers to the absence of a definable cause for a couplechr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s failure to achieve pregnancy, even after standard diagnostic methods including semen analysis, endometrial biopsy, etc. H...

Modern behavioral experiments are not economic history.

It is ironic that an article titled ‘‘Recordkeeping alters economic history by promoting reciprocity’’ (1) contains no evidence at all from economic history. ‘‘Economic history’’ is typically defined as the empirical record of past economic practices and processes. The fact that recordkeeping by modern subjects alters the result of a game is not directly informative about past economies; a cruc...

Philosophical Presuppositions of Ayurveda and Modern Medicine

The theory of Ayurveda rests on the concepts of matter, vital principle, mind, and pure consciousness. It is a holistic theory of medicine, which aims at restoration of physical and mental health, and spiritual well-being in a sick person, so that he may self-actualize himself, and eventually, realize his nature as pure consciousness. Modern Western medicine tries to reduce consciousness, and v...

Economic History Association Taxes and Agrarian Life in Early Modern France: Land Sales, 1550-1730 Author(s):

Philosophical foundations for the hierarchy of life

We review Evolution and the Levels of Selection by Samir Okasha. This important book provides a cohesive philosophical framework for understanding levels-of-selections problems in biology. Concerning evolutionary transitions, Okasha proposes that three stages characterize the shift from a lower level of selection to a higher one. We discuss the application of Okasha’s three-stage concept to the...