Which facts, whose life?

Philosophy & Engineering a World of Things, Not Facts Design Problems and Ethics Which Wastewater, Whose Risks?

Davis, Michael " Distinguishing engineers from other " Technologists " : A case study " .. ABSTRACT Abstract: When one mentions philosophy of engineering, people often point out that Wittgenstein was an engineer – in order, perhaps, to quell their initial skepticism about the viability of the subject. Although Wittgenstein's engineering background may have had no direct influence on his philoso...

Which "Aeneid" in Whose Nineties?

I suppose that I ought to feel well-prepared to speak about the future of studies on the Aeneid, having just read and reviewed two new books dealing with the theme of prophecy in that poem. In reality, though, I feel utterly unable to make comfortable predictions about where our epic voyages will take us-particularly as one of the books I alluded to, Professor O'Hara's, sees prophecy in the Aen...

Response to Belot’s “Whose Devil? Which Details?”

The Real Facts of Life

The problems in Harold Walker’s latest essay, amusingly titled “The Facts of Life”, start with his very first line: Digital Modulation is usually a form of pulse modulation, of which, there are two types-Pulse Width and Pulse position. What about pulse amplitude modulation (PAM), phase shift keying (PSK) and frequency shift keying (FSK), just to mention a few others? All pulses are analyzed by ...

Cost sharing for health care--whose skin? Which game?

n engl j med 358;4 www.nejm.org january 24, 2008 411 In this issue of the Journal, Trivedi and colleagues1 examine the effect of cost sharing on the use of screening mammography among women enrolled in Medicare managed-care plans from 2001 to 2004. Focusing on more than 350,000 women between the ages of 65 and 69 years, the authors show that cost sharing — either in the form of copayments (in w...