Risky arguments over cause and effect

Arguments over Obligation

Introduction There seems to be a degree of agreement about what might count as the 'new' histories of philosophy. In the Epilogue to his monumental The Invention of Autonomy, J. B. Schneewind provides a snapshot of the old and the new, pointing to the difference between histories of moral philosophy that assume a chain of thinkers all trying to solve the same problem and those newer histories t...

Arguments over Co-operative Plans

Autonomous planning agents that share a common goal should be able to propose, justify and share information about plans. To reach an agreement on the best plan, strategies for persuasion and negotiation can be used by agents in order to share their beliefs about the world and resolve conflicts between the agents. We present an argumentation scheme and associated critical questions to create an...

Endless Arguments Over Diversion Stomas

essary through further research whether PSS which is cosmetically superior but requires laborious dressing during the discharge of 2–3 weeks is worthwhile to replace the primary closure. Cheong et al. [5] mentioned that there were no differences between the fold-over technique and the resection anastomosis technique of ileostomy take down. The fold-over technique can be simpler and be more usef...

Diagonal arguments and fixed points

‎A universal schema for diagonalization was popularized by N.S‎. ‎Yanofsky (2003)‎, ‎based on a pioneering work of F.W‎. ‎Lawvere (1969)‎, ‎in which the existence of a (diagonolized-out and contradictory) object implies the existence of a fixed-point for a certain function‎. ‎It was shown that many self-referential paradoxes and diagonally proved theorems can fit in that schema‎. ‎Here‎, ‎we fi...

Establishing Cause and Effect