Soviet Economic System and Controversy over Contradiction

The House Centipe de (Scutigera coleoptrata; Chilopoda): Controversy and Contradiction

The common house centipecle, Scntigera coleoptrata, has a long and storied history in the annals of zoology. The species has been through five scientiffc name changes since it was first described by Linnaeus in 17i8. Its wiiespread distribution iir.orlgho,rt the Northern Hemisphere has resulted in substantial debate astoi tsplaceofor ig in.Amongthecent ipedes, i tsmolpholog, isuniqueandhighlysp...

Controversy over BCG Vaccination

A Contradiction Management System

In most existing systems that give expert advice, efforts are made to ensure that the rules in the knowledge base do not give rise to contradictions. This is partly to avoid confusing the user, and partly for fear that a logical system that generates even a single contradiction must collapse. We argue that not only can contradictions be tolerated, but they can even be useful. In a legal context...

Controversy over BCG Vaccination

The Controversy Over Orthomolecular Therapy

Introduction Seventeen years ago, experimental results were published which showed that vitamin B3, used in combination with electroconvulsive therapy, was strikingly effective in the treatment of acute schizophrenia. Over the following few years a specific treatment method evolved which included vitamins B3 and C in amounts much greater than are usually used to treat vitamin deficiencies. This...