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For David Chalmers et al, eds., Metametaphysics, OUP forthcoming The Metaontology of Abstraction

ion as a legitimate form of implicit definition has been authenticated. And it is this, so it may be suggested, that requires the development of satisfactory answers to (M) and (E) and related questions. If it looks as if the truth of abstraction principles may turn on substantial metaphysical hostages, or as if there are special problems about knowing that they are true, or can be stipulated t...

Musculoskeletal medicine/sports medicine.

S aturday afternoon, five o clock, and its football time in the casualty waiting room. A colourful zoo of mud splattered jerseys, with makeshift splints, slings, and sodden ice packs. In a world of trauma and triage, musculoskeletal injuries take their place at the back of the queue. Weekend warriors limping home with this month’s NSAID and a double Tubigrip. And not just Saturday, for everyday...

Methodological changes in the evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine: issues raised by Sherman et al. and Hawk et al.

5 The quest for methodologies appropriate for evaluating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues to challenge the research community. Two papers in this issue, Sherman et al.’s “Description and Validation of a Noninvasive Placebo Acupuncture Procedure,” (pp. 11–19) and Hawk et al.’s “Issues in Planning a Placebo-Controlled Trial of Manual Methods: Results of a Pilot Study,” (pp. ...

Sports injuries in the Services 1969-1980.

This paper reviews sports injuries in the Armed Services 1969-1980 to establish their incidence and to analyse trends over time. There were on average 2135 sports injuries per year showing a falling trend over time until 1979 and then rising. Playing soccer was the cause of 43% of the sports injuries over the years 1969-1980. By far the greatest proportion 85% the injuries occurred in the under...